Report: Nearly 400 Medical Procedures, Devices, Practices are Ineffective

Report: Nearly 400 Medical Procedures, Devices, Practices are Ineffective
Discredited practices are hard to track, leaving patients at risk of being prescribed invalidated treatments.Rocketclips, Inc./Shutterstock
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Have you ever been convinced that a treatment protocol prescribed by your doctor just didn’t work? A new study suggests you could have been on to something.

In an attempt to create a comprehensive list of ineffective or outdated medical procedures, devices, and practices, a research team looked at over 3,000 articles from three well-known medical journals spanning 15 years. They found there were 396 reversals indicating the initial published results were not accurate, repeatable, or effective.

Mohan Garikiparithi
Mohan Garikiparithi
Author
Mohan Garikiparithi, MD, practiced clinical medicine for over a decade before shifting his focus to health communications. During his practice he served as the head of the Dept. of Microbiology in India. During a three-year communications program in Germany, Mohan developed an interest in German Medicine (Homoeopathy), and other alternative systems of medicine.
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