An incredible teaching example of how to mislead with observational data.

Here's an amazing article about the interaction of capitalism, addiction, and medicine...
How Fentanyl Laid Waste to Guatemala’s Time-Worn Opium Trade nytimes.com/2024/04/28/wor…

There is so much about this story to be appalled by (aside from the HIV infections). npr.org/2024/04/30/124…

Totally flattered by all who tagged me when they shared this piece. As Vinay Prasad MD MPH said, I wish I had written it.

Huge.

Can we celebrate the 'expiring order' alert in Epic? One thing you can generally just delete without thinking about.

Agree or disagree: The Apple Watch and doodle dogs (labradoodle, cockapoo, golden doodle...) have made the world a less interesting place?

Agree or disagree: The Apple Watch and doodle dogs (labradoodle, cockapoo, golden doodle...) have made the world a less interesting place?

Proud that the Four UChicago physician-scientists inducted into the 2024 class of Association of American Physicians are Faculty Scholars in the Bucksbaum Institute! Congrats! Ernst Lengyel Stacy Tessler Lindau Kunle Odunsi, MD Dr. Monica Peek

uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/news…

What would you add?

imgs.xkcd.com/comics/evangel…

A. Interesting.
B. Achieving equity is not easy.
Donor Heart Acceptance and Race and Gender of Patients on the Transplant Waiting List jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

A conversation I have every week...

Medicare doesn't pay because there is no evidence you live longer or better as a result
sensible-med.com/p/medicare-doe…

I want to live in a world where medical students and residents are more excited about Sensible Medicine than Anki or UWorld.

Happy to be a new paid subscriber.

This series is so good
Best way to learn critical appraisal
sensible-med.com/p/improving-yo…

'Stefanik and her Republican colleagues do not have any real interest in solving campus problems. Their goal is to expose liberal elites as corrupt, dangerous, and anti-American — and to paint themselves as heroes capable of bludgeoning these nefarious enemies into submission.'

Improving Your Critical Appraisal Skills: Case Control Studies
open.substack.com/pub/sensibleme… via Adam Cifu

Number 3. Case control trials. My favorite article type. Enjoy.

open.substack.com/pub/sensibleme…

A joke that didn’t land.
Me. Entering airport men’s room, “I’ll meet you at the gate. E15?”
Wife, “A15.”
Me, “Do you think I have pneumonia?”

Anti-Parkinsons hotel hallway.

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