Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6 (Rebroadcast)
Freakonomics Radio
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The Greatest Hits in Medicine
For all the mistakes and oversights in medicine, there's been extraordinary progress. The discovery of insulin transformed diabetes from an acute disease into a disease that you live with. Statins have been shown to have benefit in preventing heart attacks or prolonging life among people who've had heart attacks.
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