When Evidence Says No, but Doctors Say Yes

By Axel Pfaender

Long after research contradicts common medical practices, patients continue to demand them and physicians continue to deliver. The result is an epidemic of unnecessary and unhelpful treatments.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/02/when-evidence-says-no-but-doctors-say-yes/517368/

• DAVID EPSTEIN AND PROPUBLICA 

• FEB 22, 2017