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Viva La EVIDENCE! ~ an extraordinary YouTube video on EBM made by an Canadian physician

by faithgibson September 7, 2013
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Lies, Damn Lies and Medical Science –> The Atlantic {Wax et al: Beware — they’ve got your number!)

by faithgibson September 4, 2013

This article in The Atlantic is available online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-damned-lie… Much of what medical researchers conclude in their studies is misleading, exaggerated, or flat-out wrong. So why are doctors—to a striking extent—still drawing upon misinformation in their everyday practice?   … Dr. John Ioannidis has spent his career challenging his peers by exposing their bad science. […]

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AMA-controled Relative-Value-Scale Update Committee (RUC) authorized by US govt to fix MD fees price paid by Medicare/Medicaid

by faithgibson August 15, 2013

Medscape Business of Medicine © 2013  WebMD, LLC The RUC Is Bad Medicine; It Has to Go Brian Klepper, PhD Aug 12, 2013 RUC Is a Deep Root of Our Healthcare Crisis “One of the biggest mistakes we made…is that we took the RUC…back in 1992 and gave it to the AMA… [The AMA] is incredibly political, and it’s […]

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Preventable Obstetrical Interventions: How many caesarean sections can be prevented in Canada?

by faithgibson August 5, 2013

J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2013 May;35(5):434-43. Rossignol M, Moutquin JM, Boughrassa F, Bédard MJ, Chaillet N, Charest C, Ciofani L, Dumas-Pilon M, Gagné GP, Gagnon A, Gagnon R, Senikas V. Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal QC. Abstract (+ editor’s comments @ bottom) Public health authorities have been alarmed by the progressive rise in rates of Caesarean section in Canada, approaching one birth in three in […]

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Laparoscopic vaginal delivery: Report of a case, literature review & discussion (tongue deeply in cheek!)

by faithgibson July 31, 2013

Obstet Gynecol 2000;95:163–5 Mack Barham, MD From Monroe, Louisiana. 163 VOL. 95, NO. 1, JANUARY 2000 0029-7844/00/$20.00 PII S0029-7844(99)00512-8 I review the literature on laparoscopically assisted vaginal delivery, present and discuss a case, and describe the technique. Laparoscopically assisted vaginal delivery will emerge as a triumphant obstetric innovation that will radically transform operative obstetrics in the 21st century. In recent […]

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