Quarantine the healthy The flu shot only works 60-70% of the time and even less in people with impaired immunity. ... 8 years ago
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No cancer? Give chemo. Giving chemotherapy to a patient with no cancer, how can you tell if it works? ... 8 years ago
100% Inconclusive If the physician has really “laid down the law”, helping can become impossible. ... 8 years ago
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Saving after Sandy When the saga of the storm is written, there will be a long list of remarkable people who instead of running away, ran forward to help. ... 8 years ago
The aggressive chemo fallacy We are in a war, a war on cancer. We talk of battle and attack, magic bullets, proton beam rays, laser surgery and targeted drugs, doctors as combat commanders,... 8 years ago