Dr. Aseem Malhotra
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So if we just take the best available evidence, and I've just said already, John, I need this. Okay, most published research finding their faults, etc. You know, you've got Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, in 2015, writing an editorial saying that... Possibly half the published literature is simply untrue. It's not just John Ineeder saying this.
So if we just take the best available evidence, and I've just said already, John, I need this. Okay, most published research finding their faults, etc. You know, you've got Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, in 2015, writing an editorial saying that... Possibly half the published literature is simply untrue. It's not just John Ineeder saying this.
So what happens ultimately is doctors invariably are making clinical decisions for patients on biased, not saying completely false, biased and corrupted information, which invariably will exaggerate the benefit and safety of those drugs because that's in the interest of the drug industry who want to get as many people taking them because their only interest is profit.
So what happens ultimately is doctors invariably are making clinical decisions for patients on biased, not saying completely false, biased and corrupted information, which invariably will exaggerate the benefit and safety of those drugs because that's in the interest of the drug industry who want to get as many people taking them because their only interest is profit.
So what happens ultimately is doctors invariably are making clinical decisions for patients on biased, not saying completely false, biased and corrupted information, which invariably will exaggerate the benefit and safety of those drugs because that's in the interest of the drug industry who want to get as many people taking them because their only interest is profit.
They're not here to give you the best treatment. So once you acknowledge all of that, then it's for me and as a cardiologist and as an expert who has spent a decade really- But I would challenge you.
They're not here to give you the best treatment. So once you acknowledge all of that, then it's for me and as a cardiologist and as an expert who has spent a decade really- But I would challenge you.
They're not here to give you the best treatment. So once you acknowledge all of that, then it's for me and as a cardiologist and as an expert who has spent a decade really- But I would challenge you.
Because they're in this sort of... You know, really good point, Mark. And actually, you know, the way I would just summarize that is medical knowledge is under commercial control. But most doctors don't know that. Right. That's right. And that's what we're trying to sort of get them to think outside the box. Because again, I 100% agree with you.
Because they're in this sort of... You know, really good point, Mark. And actually, you know, the way I would just summarize that is medical knowledge is under commercial control. But most doctors don't know that. Right. That's right. And that's what we're trying to sort of get them to think outside the box. Because again, I 100% agree with you.
Because they're in this sort of... You know, really good point, Mark. And actually, you know, the way I would just summarize that is medical knowledge is under commercial control. But most doctors don't know that. Right. That's right. And that's what we're trying to sort of get them to think outside the box. Because again, I 100% agree with you.
Most healthcare professionals, most doctors genuinely want to help their patients and are well-intentioned. And actually, you know, I'm very proud of being a doctor because I think of all the professions...
Most healthcare professionals, most doctors genuinely want to help their patients and are well-intentioned. And actually, you know, I'm very proud of being a doctor because I think of all the professions...
Most healthcare professionals, most doctors genuinely want to help their patients and are well-intentioned. And actually, you know, I'm very proud of being a doctor because I think of all the professions...
know things are changing and we have to protect our profession I think we are people that actually have some of the strongest ethical principles right when it comes to how we you know it would do our jobs and we have to and we held in that esteem because of that reason so for me
know things are changing and we have to protect our profession I think we are people that actually have some of the strongest ethical principles right when it comes to how we you know it would do our jobs and we have to and we held in that esteem because of that reason so for me
know things are changing and we have to protect our profession I think we are people that actually have some of the strongest ethical principles right when it comes to how we you know it would do our jobs and we have to and we held in that esteem because of that reason so for me
Trying to break out of that conventional paradigm happened because I came to realize that the information that I believed as being gospel truth as a medical student, as a junior doctor, it's published in a medical journal, it's science, right? Didn't question it. I then came to realize that, hold on a minute, there's a lot more to this.
Trying to break out of that conventional paradigm happened because I came to realize that the information that I believed as being gospel truth as a medical student, as a junior doctor, it's published in a medical journal, it's science, right? Didn't question it. I then came to realize that, hold on a minute, there's a lot more to this.
Trying to break out of that conventional paradigm happened because I came to realize that the information that I believed as being gospel truth as a medical student, as a junior doctor, it's published in a medical journal, it's science, right? Didn't question it. I then came to realize that, hold on a minute, there's a lot more to this.