Marcia Angell

I think it's scary, ... Doctors and patients have come to believe that prescription drugs are more effective and safer read more

I think it's scary, ... Doctors and patients have come to believe that prescription drugs are more effective and safer than they probably are.

[According to some experts, the American Healthcare system is on the brink of failure.] We certainly are in a health read more

[According to some experts, the American Healthcare system is on the brink of failure.] We certainly are in a health care crisis, ... If we had set out to design the worst system that we could imagine, we couldn't have imagined one as bad as we have.

The more research we have, the better, ... Those treatments that are found to be effective will, believe me, be read more

The more research we have, the better, ... Those treatments that are found to be effective will, believe me, be incorporated in the mainstream.

There cannot be two kinds of medicine.

There cannot be two kinds of medicine.

Patients may postpone getting needed effective treatment, because they are instead relying on alternative remedies that haven't been tested, ... read more

Patients may postpone getting needed effective treatment, because they are instead relying on alternative remedies that haven't been tested, ... The second danger is that they may actually be harmful.