On 11/29/2015 4:59 PM, Jeremy Howick wrote:
> Ben is more correct than he allows: not only are dramatic effects
> rare in medicine, but large (absolute) effects are rare too. How
> many treatments can people in this forum name with a larger than 20%
> absolute risk reduction that has been discovered in the last 25
> years?
I'm not a doctor, but how about AZT and other anti-retrovirals for AIDS
patients? Also ECMO and lung surfactants for pre-term births. Apsirin
use and Reye's syndrome.
Steve Simon, [log in to unmask], Standard Disclaimer.
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