semi-mainstream questioning of Modern Drugs

[ShortJohnSilver]

this guy is a semi-retired wealthy computer nerd worth about $7 million or more. He blogs about various topics and is also a prof at MIT.

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2010/11/01/alternative-explanation-for-why-americans-arent-healthy-modern-medicine-is-a-fraud/


In my health care reform plan, I noted that back in 2008 or so, we spent more than 10 times as much as Mexicans on health care, yet Mexicans live nearly as long. How can the Mexicans, who suffer from all of the same junk food and obesity problems as Americans, live nearly as long without paying for the latest and greatest drugs and procedures? One possibility that I hadn’t considered is that the latest and greatest drugs and procedures are mostly worthless. That’s basically the message of an interesting article from The Atlantic, “Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science”. The author covers the work of John Ioannidis, a Greek doctor who found that most innovative medical procedures and drugs have not, in fact, been proven to be effective. “Why Most Published Research Findings Are False” is an example of Ioannidis’s work.

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[lapis]

Thanks for posting that, it was the nudge I needed to finally read the "Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science" article at The Atlantic.

It pretty much confirms what I already suspected. Finding out about the medical "damned lies" led me to see them in politics, economics, and the mainstream media.

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

George Gordon also had a good 7 hour talk on the subject. I'm inclined to agree. The majority are worthless, but there is a small minority of drugs that will save your life.