“Data on risk of dementia from PPIs conflicts with earlier publications”
Manoj Mehta
14 Jun 2017
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An NIH-supported study of 10,486 patients found no link between proton pump inhibitor use and patient risks for mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, based on patient-reported data of PPI use. The data, reported in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, contradict findings of two other recent studies. “The current findings do not
Survey shows physicians inaccurately overestimate both risks and benefits
Manoj Mehta
31 Aug 2016
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Most internal medicine residents and attending physicians overestimate the benefits and harms of common interventions, according to a new survey. Physicians and residents overestimated a treatment’s benefits 79% of the time and the harms 66% of the time, according to a survey of clinicians working in primary care, hospital medicine and specialty care at two
