tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post5933207455409901284..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: "Misuses of EBM"Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-68339465738142289602008-10-22T15:23:00.000-04:002008-10-22T15:23:00.000-04:00Ya, I don't like when industrial music is called E...Ya, I don't like when industrial music is called EBM. Electronic Body Music<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_body_music<BR/><BR/>Silly scientists can't distinguish between industrial and EBM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-51434187579205530402008-10-22T10:50:00.000-04:002008-10-22T10:50:00.000-04:00I like the nuclear fission metaphor. EBM is a tool...I like the nuclear fission metaphor. EBM is a tool, a technique. It can be used for good or ill. <BR/><BR/>Here is another. The realm of Statistics, in which the EBM nation exists, is replete with shadows, fog and camouflaged areas in which to obfuscate and cloud the Truth. Many within the land of Statistics can easily dupe outside observers into believing their version of the Truth. Only those Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-9954923532952914812008-10-19T14:11:00.000-04:002008-10-19T14:11:00.000-04:00We have seen this weekend the broad release of a S...We have seen this weekend the broad release of a Scottish study regarding aspirin therapy as a preventer of cardiovascular events and how it was no better than placebo in a more general population. The question becomes: How long will aspirin therapy continue to prescribed to patients?<BR/><BR/>My guess is a very long time.<BR/><BR/>Steve LucasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-17921898874426915952008-10-18T12:18:00.000-04:002008-10-18T12:18:00.000-04:00Great article. It's hard to overestimate the magni...Great article. It's hard to overestimate the magnitude of both the power and corruption of health care today. Of course, we should really all use "Healthcare," the sexy streamlined "it's all about business" term.<BR/><BR/>Every time a new catch phrase is trotted out one may well suspect it's another fig leaf. For example, "preventive medicine" nicely insinuates to the healthy general public that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-51996139512895815592008-10-17T15:56:00.000-04:002008-10-17T15:56:00.000-04:00An Oct. 1 WSJ Health Blog article highlights a Ben...An Oct. 1 WSJ Health Blog article highlights a Ben Brewer article in the paper lamenting the lack of time to see 28 patients, write for the WSJ, fill out, and fax a request for approval of Celebrex for a patient. Of interest were the comments, mostly negative, where a pharmacist questioned the use of this drug given it's profile and cost. The immediate response from another doctor was that they, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com