Evidence based medicine

272. Consumerisation of Healthcare

July 3, 2017

“Be responsible for your own health, says leading GP” was the headline for an article in the Yorkshire Post recently. This was based on a comment made by Dr Clare Gerada, a former Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCPG). She was advocating that patients should be encouraged to take responsibility for their […]

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96.Has Evidence Based Medicine lost its mind?

July 18, 2014

NICE has just announced that the proposal for all those with a 10% risk of developing heart disease should be offered statins has been confirmed. Effectively this means virtually everyone because even with the healthiest, fittest person there must be at least a 10% chance heart disease will cause their death. Perhaps “the great and

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