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Studies – randomization

The futility of estimating changes to all-cause mortality from target cancer screening studies

Why a recent publication shouldn’t change your motivation to get screened for cancer

#269 – Good vs. bad science: how to read and understand scientific studies

I think epidemiology has a place, but I think the pendulum has swung a little too far, and it has been asserted as being more valuable than I think it probably is.” —Peter Attia

#218 – AMA #38: Can you exercise too much?

We tend to be far more confident than we turn out to be justified in being.” —Peter Attia

#188 – AMA #30: How to Read and Understand Scientific Studies

In this “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) episode, Peter and Bob dive deep into all things related to studying studies to…

Randomized controlled trials: when the gold standard leaves you with fool’s gold

If I told you that I read a randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled trial conducted over 5 years and carried out in over 18,000 participants, is there any scenario under which you would not believe it to be an excellent trial?

Studying Studies: Part IV – randomization and confounding

Randomization helps us in our quest to not fool ourselves. Confounding? Not so much.

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