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Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6 (Rebroadcast)

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The Importance of Randomized Trials in Medicine

Many medical treatments of the past were conducted without that evidence. The feedback loop in medicine is often very, very sloppy. With a well-constructed randomized controlled trial, you can get an idea.

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