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268. Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6

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Controlled Clinical Trials in Medicine

Tat i prisad is an assistant professor of medicine at oregon health and sciences university. Prissad treats cancer patients, but also the rest of my time i devote to a research on health policy,. On how doctors adopt new technologies: "When those things are rational and when they're not" He says medical practice was based on bits and scraps of evidence, anecdotes, bias, preconceived notions.

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