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Health Progress As Myth
Believing Technology Can Fix All Problems

Medicines Often Have Only a Weak Effect

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Little Benefit from Most Cancer Drugs
most expensive new cancer drugs provide little benefit
webDeborah CohenBMJ2017-11-20
no benefit has been demonstrated for most cancer drugs
webVinay PrasadBMJ2017-11-20
expensive cancer drugs are often used for slight gains
webPankaj Kumar Garg and Bhupendr...Oncologist2014-12-01
many patients believe palliative chemotherapy may cure them
webLisa HutchinsonNature Reviews Clinical Oncolo...2012-11-13
cytotoxic chemotherapy contribues only 2% to cancer survival
webMorgan G, Ward RClin Oncol2004-12-01
Antidepressant Drugs Are Not So Effective
Antidepressants are Barely More Effective than Placebos
Suppression of Negative Antidepressant Trials
Antidepressant Drugs Are Not So Effective Miscellany
Medicines Usually Have Only a Weak Effect Miscellany
no less mortality from bisphosphonates for osteoporosis
webSteven R Cummings, Li-Yung Lui...JAMA Intern Med2019-11-01
no evidence for benefit of medication for obesity
webRobert W. Shepherd, MD CCFPCan Fam Physician2017-04-01
we overestimate risk reduction from screening & medicine
webHudson B, Zarifeh AAnn Fam Med2012-11-01
most medical interventions have only a modest effecct
webPereira TV, Horwitz RIJAMA2012-10-24
cholesterol drugs have less effect than patients expect
webTrewby PN, Reddy AVClin Med2002-11-01
antihypertensive drugs are less effective than we expect
webLeaman H, Jackson PRBr J Clin Pharmacol2002-01-01