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The Uncritical Use of High-Tech Medical Imaging"There is broad agreement that an unknown but substantial fraction of imaging examinations are unnecessary and do not positively contribute to patient care. Unnecessary use has indiscriminately tarred technologies that provide great value to patients and the health care system when used appropriately. Failure to reduce unnecessary use risks inviting policies that could stifle important future innovation." Posted by hjaqu001 to MRI imaging on Mon Jun 28 2010
Overtreated: More medical care isn't always better"More medical care won't necessarily make you healthier - it may make you sicker. It's an idea that technology-loving Americans find hard to believe." Posted by hjaqu001 to usa overtreatment on Thu Jun 10 2010
The Most Primary of Care -- Talking about Driving and Distraction"Although it is difficult to assess the absolute increase in the risk of collision attributable to driver distraction, one study showed that talking on a cell phone while driving posed a risk four times that faced by undistracted drivers and on a par with that of driving while intoxicated. Another study showed that texting while driving might confer a risk of collision 23 times that of driving while undistracted." Posted by hjaqu001 to safety Driving on Thu Jun 10 2010
University of California takes on Nature Publishing Group"The University of California has told the Nature Publishing Group that it will suspend its subscriptions to the group’s 67 journals if it does not relent over its decision to raise its charges to the university by 300%. The university will also urge its staff not to submit to and review for the journals and to resign from editorial boards. This is war." Posted by hjaqu001 to journals publishing "nature publishing group" on Thu Jun 10 2010
Andrew Wakefield and MMR: the 'impact factor'"Even a journal as prestigious as the Lancet was seduced into publishing bad science by an apparently dramatic finding" Posted by hjaqu001 to journals publishing autism mmr on Wed May 26 2010
Women doctors: the waste of money you’ll be glad to see"Soon the majority of doctors will be female but, as motherhood interrupts careers, critics say they represent bad value" Posted by hjaqu001 to doctors feminism women on Mon May 10 2010