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Reviewing the slides for tomorrow’s class and I can’t stop thinking about how the tactics described here take on a new meaning in today’s context

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Read about her here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances...

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Getting ready to teach about public health errors. Looking forward to the great comments and thoughts from my students

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Shabbat Shalom and Ramadan Kareem 🕊️

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JUST PUBLISHED! New research led by our Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Brooke Nickel (@brookenickel.bsky.social) in JAMA Network Open titled "Social Media Posts About Medical Tests With Potential for Overdiagnosis"! ➡️ Read here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @jama.com

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Canadian universities held ~US$45-million in 2023. 8% overhead to Canadian universities is below the proposed 15% cap so the major impact is uncertainty. Researchers don't "know whether that funding will be renewed in April, which could affect the Canadian staff already assigned to the project."

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Great piece by my good friend @stecula.bsky.social and colleagues on the rise of anti-intellectualism in the US theconversation.com/robert-f-ken...

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💯 "We in public health must understand and take responsibility for our errors. Only through that process can we begin to rebuild trust in public health — to both counter misleading information unsupported by evidence and to help Americans live healthier lives" www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/24/o...

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"Writing is thinking" The danger of relying on OpenAI’s Deep Research (The Economist) www.economist.com/finance-and-...

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“Towards the end of the meeting, Sharma says: ‘This is very harmful for the health,’ adding ‘nowadays, this is business.’”

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Why are so many children in America diagnosed with ADHD compared to other countries? Widespread over-diagnosis. 15-min doctor visits, school pressures, ADHD drug ads, and wealthy parents seeking diagnoses for their children to get exam accommodations all play a role www.economist.com/united-state...

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Examples of public health errors: - Thalidomide - OxyContin - Vioxx - Low-dose radiation campaigns for benign illnesses - Race adjustment algorithms - Failure to act against the harms of tobacco - Delayed response to lead poisoning from paint in homes - Government failure in the Flint water crisis

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Doctor turns to ChatGPT for novel ways to say ‘it’s all in your head’ to female patients www.thebeaverton.com/2025/02/doct...

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Saying 'it used to reflect current medical thinking' to justify harmful practices is why we need a historical understanding of HOW false beliefs became embedded in medical practices and institutions--and why they persisted

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Important piece. Conflicts of interest in public health can also lead to PUBLIC HEALTH ERRORS

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As I remarked between 2016-2020, it is very peculiar to be a conflict-of-interest scholar advancing the argument that COIs are major population health hazards during a political period in which COIs are overtly nourished and championed.

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Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:

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A beautiful snowy day on campus

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As a public health ethicist, I’m surprised by how little attention public health errors receive—especially when it comes to how we respond to them compared to medical errors

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Good read. Responding to Medical Errors — Implementing the Modern Ethical Paradigm www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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What a day it has been

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One way I hope public health will improve is by moving away from assuming interventions are either effective or ineffective (or judging only their effectiveness) without considering the unintended harm they may cause. There are always trade-offs

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Purdue Pharma exposed the many weaknesses of the US health system at different levels: drug promotion, payments to patient advocacy groups, influence on medical students, conflict of interests, 'education' programs, weak regulation, etc. I don't think we've learned the lessons yet.

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A cost of doing business... "The Sackler family members who own Purdue will pay $6.5 billion over 15 years, while the closely held drugmaker will fork over an additional $900 million in a one-time payment for a total of $7.4 billion" www.wsj.com/articles/pur...

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I'm mostly on Bluesky to connect with researchers and interesting people, and I usually avoid posting about Middle East politics. That said, there are always exceptions :) I wanted to share that @standing-together.bsky.social is here. Proud to be part of this organization

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In my view, this is a more significant issue because drug companies are allowed to use FDA-approved information in their promotional practices. For example, Purdue sales reps were trained to quote the label as a key message to persuade physicians that the drug was safe and effective.

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🕊️🕊️ Shabbat Shalom 🕊️ 🕊️

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For those of you who missed my Medicine Grand Rounds this week entitled ""Clio in the Clinic." The Relevance of Medical History for Present Problems in Chronic Pain Management" you can view it on YouTube now! #Histmed #HistoricalFluency #HistoryMatters #WhatIsNewIsOld #HistPain #PainStudies 🗃️

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Self-censorship in academia threatens the diversity of ideas. It's time to address it openly. Good read publichealthpost.org/health-equit...

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Google Scholar search: 'Medical errors' – 201,000 results 'Public health errors' – 32 results This highlights how little attention public health mistakes receive compared to clinical ones, though both are equally important

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Ex-McKinsey partner pleads guilty to destroying records on opioids. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Not only is the European Association of Obesity partnering with the Novo Nordisk Foundation on research awards (💰), the American Society for Nutrition is now too 😩 nutrition.org/introducing-... #COI #CDoH #Obesity #WebOfInfluence