The Evidence Gap: For Widely Used Drug, Question of Usefulness Lingers
Doctors heavily prescribe Zetia and Vytorin, though there is no proof that the cholesterol drugs help to prolong life or prevent heart attacks.
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The market on scepticism has been cornered by one particular group: science groupies. Anyone a bit more sceptical than them is deemed a "radical sceptic" (perhaps even a solipsist or anti-realist or anti-rationalist). Its time to shine the scepticism a bit inwards!
The Evidence Gap: For Widely Used Drug, Question of Usefulness Lingers
Doctors heavily prescribe Zetia and Vytorin, though there is no proof that the cholesterol drugs help to prolong life or prevent heart attacks.
Technorati Tags: medicine
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