Benjamin Mazer @BenMazer

Surgical pathologist, academic gadfly, and writer exploring controversies in diagnostics and medical evidence. mazer.us Baltimore, MD Joined December 2009

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Richard McElreath 🦔 @rlmcelreath

2 days ago

A major risk factor for believing nonsense about risk factors is not reading this two pager from @mendel_random and Andrew Phillips (not on tw?). Open link in next post

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BMJ Oncology @BMJOncology

2 days ago

What is the hardest thing in oncology? Telling a patient and their family, “enough” when the potential for harm is high and the benefit yield is low. @JAMAOnc jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao…

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"Only 10-20% of health is attributable to healthcare...most doctors are downstream...trained to treat the sick, fix the broken, and ease suffering when we can’t cure. It’s the government’s job to tackle the wider causes of ill health." @HelenRSalisbury bmj.com/content/385/bm…

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Benjamin Mazer @BenMazer

2 days ago

FDA issues final rule regulating laboratory-developed tests. fda.gov/news-events/pr…

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Benjamin Mazer @BenMazer

3 days ago

Honestly, pandemic contrarians only had to be like 30% less kooky and I probably would have been all aboard.

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Benjamin Lebwohl @BenjaminLebwohl

4 days ago

There have been a number of studies looking at the implications of follow-up biopsy results in celiac disease. But how common is follow-up biopsy among people with celiac disease in the United States? Our latest: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38648513/

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Benjamin Mazer @BenMazer

4 days ago

This is the only snack they will sell you in Baltimore supermarkets.

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Craig Spencer MD MPH @Craig_A_Spencer

7 days ago

For my class on the historical determinants of public health, all the students wrote an OpEd on a current public health issue through a historical lens. I've edited them all & they are AMAZING! Editors, send me a DM/email, I'd love to connect you! Some of their topics below:

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Adam Rodman @AdamRodmanMD

6 days ago

An impressive study (not quite randomizing, but getting something close in a QI setting) from UCSD: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… A lot of thoughts about this, but also a general observation -- perhaps we should study these technologies before widely deploying ...

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Benjamin Mazer @BenMazer

6 days ago

What is the ICD10 code for "I got this test to generate content?"

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BMJ Oncology @BMJOncology

6 days ago

Cancer drugs are increasingly approved with no evidence of improved overall survival or quality of life. The shift towards alternative endpoints and small effect sizes needs to be carefully balanced against the harms of therapy to patients. @oncology_bg thelancet.com/journals/lanon…

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Caspian Kuma Folmsbee MD @FolmsbeeMD

7 days ago

Great read. “professionalism is often another word for conformity.”

Benjamin Mazer @BenMazer

7 days ago

Great read. “professionalism is often another word for conformity.”

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Zack Cooper @zackcooperYale

a week ago

🚨 New paper alert! “Is There Too Little Antitrust Enforcement in the US Hospital Sector?” with @zarekcb, @stuartcraig, and Lev Klarnet that’s forthcoming in American Economic Review: Insights. TLDR: Yes…there has been way too little enforcement. 🧵

AEA Journals @AEAjournals

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Benjamin Mazer @BenMazer

7 days ago

One persistent issue with cancer screening is that doctors and patients perceive a negative screening result as a benefit rather than a harm.

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Anil Makam @AnilMakam

7 days ago

Imagine equating ~4 months of NP clinical education to 2 years of clinical rotations as a medical student + 3-5 years of residency Then imagine saying 2 more months is too burdensome If you believe both of those, then I've got a bridge to nowhere to sell to you...

National League for Nursing @NLN

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Eddie Cliff @Eddie_Cliff

a week ago

Great to see this exciting data on sickle cell disease gene therapy out in @NEJM Majority of patients appear functionally cured at this stage New frontier Access & long term toxicity remain unanswered