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Doctors risk overdiagnosing the most common and fastest-growing liver condition, exposing patients to harmful tests, according to a new study.

Andrew Carr describes how decompression surgery, a keyhole procedure designed to remove small areas of bone and tissue around the joint, proved no better at relieving pain than a placebo…

Paul Glasziou shares insights from his stellar career as both a family doctor in Brisbane and a global evidence guru at Oxford and Bond Universities.

Alan Cassels discusses the medical and media backlash of saying no to chemotherapy.

The Patient Revolution is, at its heart, a movement based on stories. In a series of brief and personal essays, Why We Revolt describes what is wrong with industrial healthcare,…

In his new book, Allen Frances suggests that it is America, not Trump, that is psychologically distressed, and how to become rational again.

One of the best strategies, especially for patients with more than one chronic condition, is for their care providers to back off a little. Read Victor Montori in the Wall…

Alan Cassels discusses the "alleged dangers of ‘high’ cholesterol and what kind of meagre impact we see when medicating a normal and vital substance in our blood" for Common Ground.

A major driver of overdiagnosis is the widening of disease definitions. Paul Glasziou and Allen Frances, on behalf of the GIN Preventing Overdiagnosis Working Group, provide guidance for modifying the…