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Category: Evidence-based medicine

9/3/2013

Star Tribune is wrong about experts recommending annual physicals

8/26/2013

TV station should stop promoting questionable screening tests at MN State Fair

1 7/30/2013

If you have low back pain, chances are increasing that you won’t be treated based on best evidence

7/23/2013

Articles in JAMA Int Med suggest echocardiography and bone densitometry overused

5/28/2013

Waste & Harm in the Treatment of Mild Hypertension: overtreatment, industry influence

1 5/21/2013

IMRT for prostate cancer: newer, costlier radiation no better than old

5/14/2013

News story shines light on hospitals promoting questionable screenings

5/10/2013

BMJ blogger: new cars for orthopedic surgeons and petomania still not an Olympic sport

2 5/9/2013

More questions about expanded uses of robotic surgery: gallbladder and bladder cancer operations

5/7/2013

Calling for cocktail of open-mindedness and skepticism in UK news about antibiotics for back pain

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