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Michael P. Hengartner, PhD
HengartnerMP
I am still a bit puzzled, how fiercly some psychiatrists debated the conclusion of my recent paper, that in depression relapse prevention trials preventive effects and withdrawal effects are severely
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Fredrik Nordin
kfjnordin
From time to time the discussion on patient-centered care vs EBM and the use of placebo interventions pops up. There are some who argue that as long as we are
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Dan Freedman, DO
dfreedman7
#funvaxfact placebo thread: I wanted to only focus on childhood vaccine trials with "inert"/saline placebos in kids since AVers love the "no true Scotsman" fallacy (h/t @handmadekathy). In the process,
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Seth Trueger
MDaware
also maybe consider how many people unvaccinated kids can infect (and how many those people infect, and so forth) compared to 2.4% with severe fatigue because it’s a pandemic also
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Danny
ABCsofADHD
A question for ADHDers who take meds:How would you describe how your meds help you?and,How did you think/ want the meds to help you? Now and when you first started
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Davi Lyra-Leite
davilyra
Lembretes para as pessoas que pela primeira vez na vida começaram a ver dados das coisas de saúde e estão aplicando seus priors quando os analisam:1. Médicos muito bem intencionados
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Dr Tim Clay
drtclay
#ASCO21 #ASCO2021 plenariesLBA 1 Breast - adjuvant PARPi in BRCA+LBA 2 NPC - addition of IO to chemoLBA 3 Cervix - adj chemo following chemoRTLBA 4 Prostate - theranostics -
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Dr Gaetan Burgio, MD, PhD.
GaetanBurgio
This is the first decent Phase IIb randomized clinical trial on the use of #cholorquine CQ for severe #COVID19 patients with n = 80 (40 each group), low CQ vs
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america’s sweetheart
sarahhtabet
fun fact: john rock, the guy who invented birth control was a devout catholic who decided to include a placebo week in the birth control regimen to try to make
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skcornamza
azmanrocks
Bila baca komen tweet ni, tepuk dahi SinoVac berkesan dan selamat. Efficacy 50.4% tu bukanlah satu nombor untuk dibanding dengan vaksin lain. Bukan itu cara guna efficacy number.Perlu baca dan
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Chris "Early Treatment" Martenson, PhD
chrismartenson
The TOGETHER trial purports to show that Ivermectin doesn't provide any benefit. It's given top billing in the NEJM and is now splashed everywhere on the medical news. It's a
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Rod Johnson
SheepDuster
First the good news: Hydrochloroquine trial starts to test efficacy against SARS-2-cov. Should be complete by summer. Now the bad news: The placebo for the trial is vitamin C pills.
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Medical Axioms 🇺🇸
medicalaxioms
If you think this is bad, imagine trying to explain to patients when studies show hydroxychloroquine has a tiny—but statistically significant—benefit over placebo with a NNT = 50. This is
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CHEST Critical Care NetWork
CHESTCritCare
Vitamin C for #sepsisMarik et al: Retrospective before–after study (2017): n 47Hydrocortisone, Vit C & thiamine vs controls:* Hosp mortality: 8.5% vs 40.4%* SOFA decreased with none in Vit C
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Michael Lin, PhD-MD
michaelzlin
FDA approved remdesivir. I'm in support. To approve a drug, FDA just needs to know:• Is there evidence for efficacy (usually at the arbitrary 95% statistical confidence level)?• Is it
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Daniel Lewis
snackbardan
For those who don't get to watch the @andersoncooper interview with Las Vegas Mayor, Carolyn Goodman. It’s 15 minutes long. This describes the entire thing. This is obviously hilarious and
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