A while ago, I read a figure that was something like, “In the entire history of medicine before the invention of antibiotics, doctors killed more people than they saved.”
When cranky about the medical industry, I've been known to comment, "More people have been saved from disease by illiterate ditchdiggers than all the doctors who've ever lived."
When cranky about the medical industry, I've been known to comment, "More people have been saved from disease by illiterate ditchdiggers than all the doctors who've ever lived."
You might find this article about drugs for ALS interesting. They explicitly make parallels between ALS drugs with poor evidence and Alzheimer’s drugs. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/26/relyvrio-als-fda-approval
I'll do you one better on the interesting front. Take a look at the last name of the CEO quoted in the article...
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