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Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC
Physicians, as a rule, don’t bother to vote in elections for organizations that deal with the practice of medicine, so we shouldn’t complain about the results of those elections. Organizations suffer two common... Read More
MRIs can cost millions to buy, hundreds of thousands yearly to maintain, and have a resolution of a few millimetres. Compare this to a machine that is a thousandfold cheaper to buy that provides images that are a... Read More
There is little difference between the practice of infection control in an operating room and religious dogma. Here are three examples that are patently ridiculous. Sinus surgery done by an ENT surgeon in the operating... Read More
Medical evidence has a credibility problem that is rooted in the fundamental problems with statistics. This problem is manifest in the inability to reproduce evidence on repeated randomized clinical trials (RCTs).... Read More
Science prides itself on its scientific explanations. A good scientific explanation does not vary, but still accounts for what it purports to account for.[1] The classic example of a good scientific explanation is... Read More
High volume is obviously good business, but it is probably bad medicine. Can a new way of looking at inequality help us see through the weeds? The most common thing that one doctor might discuss with another doctor... Read More