Link: "Health Care Myth Busters: Is There a High Degree of Scientific Certainty in Modern Medicine?"

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A feature in Scientific American magazine casts some light on the troubled state of modern medicine.

Health Care Myth Busters: Is There a High Degree of Scientific Certainty in Modern Medicine?

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We could accurately say, "Half of what physicians do is wrong," or "Less than 20 percent of what physicians do has solid research to support it." Although these claims sound absurd, they are solidly supported by research that is largely agreed upon by experts.

Scientific American often gates its online articles after some time has passed, so I don't know how long it will be available.

A feature in Scientific American magazine casts some light on the troubled state of modern medicine.

Health Care Myth Busters: Is There a High Degree of Scientific Certainty in Modern Medicine?

Short excerpt:

We could accurately say, "Half of what physicians do is wrong," or "Less than 20 percent of what physicians do has solid research to support it." Although these claims sound absurd, they are solidly supported by research that is largely agreed upon by experts.

Scientific American often gates its online articles after some time has passed, so I don't know how long it will be available.

Start a business that does it right. If you can get past the regulators and such, and there are enough rational customers, you'd do better than everyone else, and they'd start copying you.

Start a business that does it right. If you can get past the regulators and such, and there are enough rational customers, you'd do better than everyone else, and they'd start copying you.

Well, good luck getting past regulators in a profession that operates as a self-regulating guild!

In my opinion, the only mechanism of competition that could conceivably ameliorate the systematic problems of medicine is the international medical tourism. However, I'm far from certain that free competition has much potential for preventing medicine from drifting away fr... (read more)

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