Adverse drug events are now the fourth leading cause of death in hospitals.
It’s a reasonable bet they are an even greater cause of death in non-hospital settings where there is no one to monitor things going wrong and no one to intervene to save a life. In mental health, for instance, drug-induced problems are the leading cause of death — and these deaths happen in community rather than hospital settings.
There is also another drug crisis — we are failing to discover new drugs. [Read more...]
Voici une conférence donnée à l’invitation de Consilium Scientific le 18 mai 2023, organisée par Leeza Osipenko. Consilium joue un rôle essentiel dans la remise en question de la qualité des preuves dont nous disposons en médecine, en particulier pour ce qui concerne les essais cliniques randomisés contrôlés (ECR). Ces derniers mois, ils ont été […]
This is a talk that was given for Consilium Scientific today May 18 at the invitation of Leeza Osipenko. Consilium are doing more than anyone to raise questions about the quality of the evidence we have in medicine – in particular around controlled trials. They have had some fabulous contributions in recent months – all […]
I am due to give a lecture on Thursday. This LINK and the Link below will let people sign in for this. If God Doesn’t Play Dice, Should Doctors? This talk presents a new history and analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) making the case that while these can be very helpful, at present they […]
As of today, the BMJ have come on board with the contents of this post. There is an article by Hristio Boytchev – see Maternal RSV Vaccines And an editorial by Elizabeth Robinson and Rosalind Smith – Preventing RSV. Britain’s Daily Mail, possible the best newspaper for coverage of health issues, is also now covering […]
RCPsych President responds to newspaper coverage on antidepressants 24 April 2023 Dr Adrian James, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, has written to national newspapers responding to recent articles erroneously linking antidepressants to suicide. Here is the full text of the letter. “I was disappointed to read your article, which has potential to unjustifiably […]
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