What Is the True Goal of Medicine? | Olaf Dammann, Tufts MPH YouTube video by Tufts University School of Medicine

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Uncertainty and Explanation in Medicine and the Health Sciences This book explores metaphysical divergences in medicine, proposing an integrated approach emphasizing real-life evidence.

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- Takes the position that uncertainty explains much of the apparent inefficiency of medicine

- Develops an account of natural (aleatoric) and cognitive (epistemic) uncertainty for medicine

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PEDIATRIC RESEARCH editorial dream team Eleanor Molloy, Cynthia Bearer and Lauren Overbey (rtl) at @pas2025.bsky.social

Fantastic postgraduate course on retinopathy of prematurity at PAS2025, Honolulu, HI. Thanks to organizers Drs. Faizah Bhati and Alison Chu #PAS2025 #TuftsMedicine

Excited to present at a pre-conference workshop on ROP organized by Drs. Alison Chu and Faizah Bhatti. Friday, 7am-12noon.

Not as drastic, but lost $75k in 2d, regained $30k over the past three wks. Nothing compared to what others go through.

For those who are looking for a fun activity for the next four years: learn this by rote, then belt it out in the agora at midnight. #DylanThomas

Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.

Please buy books and read them. It will matter moving forward.