Read the Editorial by Lydia Pace, MD & Nancy Keating on new USPSTF recs:

'We suggest that health systems should instead measure receipt of high-quality shared decision-making about breast cancer screening starting at age 40 yrs.'

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Our short but sweet summary on #diabetes deprescribing for frail older adults is out! 📣
Avoid #hypoglycemia and use of high risk agents and don’t target a low A1c!
Lisa McCarthy (she/her) 🇨🇦 Wade Thompson Women's College Hospital | Research Department of Medicine University of Toronto CMAJ
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Deprescribing diabetes medications for older adults living with frailty cmaj.ca/content/196/16… via Iliana C. Lega et al Robin Conibere

What drives human lifespan: genetics or lifestyle?
A new BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine study indicates both, but impact of favorable lifestyle is big
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Comparison of diclofenac with tramadol, tizanidine or placebo in the treatment of acute low back pain and sciatica:… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38679808/

Que ne faut-il pas faire pour ruiner les orthopédistes spécialistes de l'épaule Gauche/droite !
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Self-Administered Acupressure for Knee Osteoarthritis jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

This results suggest to run a RCT aspirin vs placebo for patient with elevated LP(a) rather than calling for a wide use of a strategy of unproven efficiency

Remember ASCEND, ASPREE, ARRIVE. And read again CAST

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C'est un vrai problème. Trop de traitements anticancéreux coûteux et n'apportant pas de bénéfice significatif sont encore largement prescrits, alors que les sommes en jeu pourraient sauver des vies si elles étaient affectées à d'autres soins, ou améliorer l'accès à des soins

'Multiple adverse outcomes associated with antipsychotic use in people with dementia: population based matched cohort study.'
Publié ce jour dans The BMJ
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New RCT about intranasal ketamine in suicidal patients with unipolar depression.
Main outcome: reduction in suicide ideation, 24h. No significant effect.
clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03539…
Cannot access the publication, unfortunately
psychiatrist.com/jcp/ketamine-a…

Great thread about our paper, published today and led by Joshua D. Wallach along with several Yale School of Medicine students. Surrogate markers are increasingly being used in trials, esp those to support FDA product approval, but what’s the evidence to support their use?

Interview très intéressante du Pr Bruno Falissard, cosignataire d'un rapport de l'Académie nationale de médecine sur l'irrationnalité dans le soin 👇

'Il y a un risque d'échappement pour certains patients aux données de la science. Le patient peut alors répondre au médecin : 'Il

Does metformin reduce the risk of cancer in obesity and diabetes? A systematic review and meta-analysis …ubs.pericles-prod.literatumonline.com/doi/abs/10.111… via fernando gerchman et al

Le nombre de cours où le Spasfon est recommandé sans aucune preuve d’efficacité ça commence à être inquiétant… même en psychiatrie ! Dr. Juliette Boussageon Rémy

Antipsychotic use is associated with a wide range of serious adverse outcomes in people with dementia, with relatively large absolute risks for some outcomes, finds study.

These risks should be considered in future regulatory decisions, say authors
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Payments to healthcare organisations reported by the medical device industry in Europe from 2017 to 2019: An observational study via James Larkin & Frank Moriarty et al Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai Patrick Myers Benoy Shah MD Mamas A. Mamas John Mandrola, MD

La corruption des médecins par l'industrie des matériels est une dénonciation complotiste. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The social determinants of mental health and disorder: evidence, prevention and recommendations ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… via James B. Kirkbride et al