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MIT Sloan fellow, fmr Chief Med Officer & Medicaid med director, Top Voice 4x, data nerd, activist, MedEd, humanist, contrarian,Tweets personal, RT🚫endorsement

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    1. Scott Weintraub‏ @scottfweintraub 17 May 2018
      Replying to @gorskon @jvrbntz and

      Do you find all of those 'therapies' quackery or just some? I've always believed hypnosis was a useful thing, do most studies disagree?

      3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    2. Umbereen S. Nehal, MD, MPH‏ @usnehal 17 May 2018
      Replying to @scottfweintraub @gorskon and

      Yet once commercialized, those same previously ridiculed or, even criminalized, therapies becomes accepted. Yes, of course there are approvals, studies, etc. Take quinine. Traditional medication that actually works for malaria. Medical marijuana. Etc.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 17 May 2018
      Replying to @usnehal @scottfweintraub and

      Medical marijuana is vastly oversold. The evidence for it for pretty much any condition is very weak, other than maybe certain seizure disorders. Certainly smoking it doesn't provide an adequate blood level even for glaucoma.

      4 replies 7 retweets 19 likes
    4. David Brooks MD‏ @drdavebrooks 17 May 2018
      Replying to @gorskon @usnehal and

      I have done 2 reviews lately for chronic pain talks and agree with this completely. I am surprised that the physicians who are such strong advocates for efficacy are handing their hats in such weak studies Bias seems clear😢

      2 replies 1 retweet 8 likes
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    6. Quidama‏ @IamBreastCancer 17 May 2018

      Even where it's legal recreationally, "medical" use is a marketing tool to insinuate legitimacy/credibility/respectability.

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
    7. Umbereen S. Nehal, MD, MPH‏ @usnehal 17 May 2018
      Replying to @IamBreastCancer @drdavebrooks and

      I have much more of an issue with cigarettes. Remain legal. Highly addictive. That too was once marketed as “medical.” Implying medical approval/benefit is an old tactic used for decades for various types of for-profit products. https://www.buzzfeed.com/copyranter/healthy-cigarette-ads …

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    8. Quidama‏ @IamBreastCancer 17 May 2018
      Replying to @usnehal @drdavebrooks and

      I'm not sure I follow. It almost seems like you're saying since cigarette advertising was misleading in the past, that it's no problem that MMJ marketing is misleading now? Better living through lower expectations?

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    9. Umbereen S. Nehal, MD, MPH‏ @usnehal 17 May 2018
      Replying to @IamBreastCancer @drdavebrooks and

      I’m saying that everything from cigarettes then to baby lotion now uses “doctor approved” to sell for profit. Simply stating a reality. Not any “therefore” but a baseline. Misuse of things is common. It is more common when there is a profit motive.

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    10. Quidama‏ @IamBreastCancer 17 May 2018
      Replying to @usnehal @drdavebrooks and

      "Doctor approved" is different from, for example, "Phoenix tears CBD oil cures cancer." One is an opinion, the other is stated as a fact. Both are unethical marketing, IMO, but one is much worse than the other.

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      Umbereen S. Nehal, MD, MPH‏ @usnehal 17 May 2018
      Replying to @IamBreastCancer @drdavebrooks and

      Telling a woman with fibromyalgia breast reduction will relieve back pain is as unethical. Likely to make it worse. Oversight of thousands of MDs through insurance approvals and fraud and abuse work is eye-opening on ethics issues in healthcare.

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        1. Quidama‏ @IamBreastCancer 17 May 2018
          Replying to @usnehal @drdavebrooks and

          Sorry, who claimed that? Tu quoque arguments don't really advance the discussion. Can we agree that medical claims should not be made (by anyone) without credible evidence to support them?

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        1. Umbereen S. Nehal, MD, MPH‏ @usnehal 17 May 2018
          Replying to @usnehal @IamBreastCancer and

          What repeatedly happens here is an exaggeration or mischaracterization of a tweet, taking it to an extreme. Acupunture, art therapy adjunct is a far cry from “cures cancer.” Some chemotherapy will not cure a cancer. Some cancers cannot be cured. Cure is never guaranteed.

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