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

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The Rise of Medical Reversals

The rise of randomized controlled trials led to a rise in what are called medical reversals. The benefits that we had postulated turned out to be not true or not present. Doctors do something for decades and it's widely believed to be beneficial. And then one day, a seminal study contradicts that practice.

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