Australian children with #asthma – preschoolers in particular – are being inappropriately prescribed combination asthma medication, shows a @UNSW #BigData study on dispensing patterns led by @Nusrat_Homaira. https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/combination-asthma-medication-over-prescribed-australian-children-%E2%80%93-dispensing-patterns?utm_source=medicine&utm_medium=social-team
RT @monstro: “Biased data has become so common in medicine that 40 percent of therapies prescribed are later proved ineffective.” http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2016/08/the_data_for_or_against_floss_is_biased_and_terrible.html