I really, really don't think I'm overprescribing GLP-1s. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Join us at 10 AM ET on May 30 for a virtual public meeting on MDMA-assisted therapy for #PTSD. We will review the evidence and deliberate on the treatment’s clinical effectiveness, benefits beyond health, and special ethical priorities. Register here:rb.gy/me517t

Interesting

Timely exclusive: The inside story of how Lykos’ MDMA research went awry statnews.com/2024/06/09/mdm… via STAT Olivia Goldhill

Interns are starting work all over the U.S. this week, so I thought it might be useful to suggest a more practical curriculum for initial orientation:

Today is a very sad day

Institute for Clinical and Economic Review Publishes Final Evidence Report on Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: icer.org/news-insights/…

We have a new comment/analysis out on a recent high profile paper in JAMA IM that aimed to compare cefepime (CPM) vs pip-taz (PTZ) for sepsis using an instrumental variable (IV) Essentially, we think the results are biased due to a collider... 🧵 below. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Institute for Clinical and Economic Review Publishes Final Evidence Report on Treatment for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: icer.org/news-insights/…

Missed this when it was e-published. Not clear why you'd bother with RNA testing if FIT is just as good. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

When my Windows machine crashes these days, it's almost never the BSOD; most often the screen turns white. Can we get info from CrowdStrike on how to accomplish BSOD for those of us who are nostalgic?

Does anyone really doubt that you get more weight loss on average with tirzepatide? What we don't have, yet, are adequate cardiovascular outcomes data to compare with semaglutide. nytimes.com/2024/07/19/hea…

Institute for Clinical and Economic Review to Assess Treatment for Acute Pain: tinyurl.com/ybeakved

Wow...

$SRPT Posting for the benefit of those not following STAT+ or following Sheep of Wall Street ...everyone should be able to see this

nytimes.com/2024/08/09/hea…

Innovative, original use of indirect evidence in network meta-analysis shows promise of wider application. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37739191/

Institute for Clinical and Economic Review Publishes Evidence Report on Treatments for Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy: icer.org/news-insights/…

Ever been frustrated by the excuse, “Sorry, it’s against hospital policy” when you needed to do something important to help someone? Well, we solved that. Get your hospital to adopt the Policy to Override Policies! jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

The day the Vice President was diagnosed with allergies.