A study appearing in Plos One suggests that a statistic called the Bayes Factor will keep the FDA from approving bad drugs. It won't, but rigorous defense of their regulatory powers will. For the video version, click here.
Read MoreI spoke with Yasmin Hurd, Professor of Neuroscience, Pharacology, and Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai about her research which suggests that the best way to beat the opioid epidemic, may lie within another illicit substance.
Read MoreAppearing in JAMA Internal Medicine, a study demonstrates that a multi-pronged marketing and community outreach campaign successfully reduced the purchasing of sugar-sweetened beverages in Howard County, Maryland. But is this really a sweet deal? For the video version, click here.
Read MoreIn a report appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine, French researchers document the first case in which gene therapy has been used to successfully treat sickle-cell disease. For the video version, click here.
Read MoreA doc-to-doc discussion with renowned palliative care expert Dr. Ronald Epstein.
Read MoreAn article appearing in JAMA Pediatrics suggests that marriage equality reduced the attempted sucide rate among adolescents. What this means for policy, and what carrots have to do with it inside. For the video version, click here.
Read MoreA study appearing in the journal Pediatrics states that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder has increased by 400% from 2007 to 2011. This number, it turns out, is an error. How it happened and more, inside. For the video version, click here.
Read MoreA study appearing in JAMA Internal Medicine highlights the incredible hardship faced by undocumented immigrants with end-stage renal disease. For the video version, click here.
Read MoreA study appearing in Annals of Emergency Medicine suggests that iodinated contrast material, long-implicated in the pathogenesis of acute kidney injury, may have no role to play at all. For the video version, click here.
Read MorePresident Trump has indicated he would like to see a major investigation into widespread voter fraud that multiple studies have concluded is non-existent. But that doesn't mean he won't get results that support his position. It just takes a little misapplication of statistics.
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