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Harm when physicians treat normal as abnormal

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The New York Times today published a piece on the harm of overtreatment when physicians medicalize normal findings. Infants should not be treated with an ineffective medication for a nonexistent problem. Click on the image to read the story:

NYT PPI

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Joe Alcock

Emergency Physician, Educator, Researcher, interested in the microbiome, evolution, and medicine

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