Why BRCTs Matter: The Case of HPV Immunization
When is 64% the same as 4/1000? Very frequently, as least when it comes to the presentation of medical data. Relative risk/benefit can...
Prilosec, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Fuzzy Numbers
This week the major media outlets published results of a JAMA Internal Medicine study linking proton pump inhibitor (PPI, medicines like...
PSA Screening: How Shared Decision Making can Solve a Tough Problem.
PSA has always been a poster child of cancer screening. On the one hand, it does prevent the spread of prostate cancer in some people...
The SPRINT blood pressure study: Analyzing the actual numbers
The SPRINT study, that made the front page of several newspapers when it proclaimed that tight control of blood pressure (sbp under 120)...
Can a Test be used to Reduce Over-testing? Maybe!
Coronary Artery Calcification can be scored by a CT scan (CAC score) and may help determine who may or may not be at risk of having a...
A Novel Way to Present Health Data
We published an op-ed in the Baltimore Sun on November 2 discussing the use of BRCTs in the media. Please read it and if you agree with...