Aaron Rothstein
@AaronRothstein
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EPPC fellow, host of Searching for Medicine's Soul (https://t.co/edIkzkfSN8…), neurovascular doc (opinions expressed here are my own)
Joined May 2012
"For $10.99, you can design your MAID experience with the help of the Be Ceremonial app; suggested rituals include a story altar, a forgiveness ceremony, and the collecting of tears from witnesses." Astonishing, chilling piece by @elainaplott
https://t.co/IBVhQUnrJg
theatlantic.com
The country gave its citizens the right to die. Doctors are struggling to keep up with demand.
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"After cycling through a dizzying array of psychiatric medications, Scott Griffin found himself with the barrel of a gun in his mouth in November." https://t.co/iowsxaSBZB
wsj.com
To treat PTSD, the Department of Veterans Affairs put hundreds of thousands of patients on multiple streams of powerful drugs that put them at risk of suicide.
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#STROKE: This literature review critically appraises the literature on neurostimulants in poststroke recovery across the domains of motor function, language, cognition, and mood. @JensWitsch @kellysloaneMD @aaronrothstein #AHAJournals
https://t.co/trZJYd30Wr
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Major academic publishers have profit margins like the some of the most profitable major tech companies.
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This is the last podcast episode for some time as I'll be working on other projects. I believe this is a perfect episode to take a break with as it touches on an imminent dilemma: the tension between the need for reform vs revolution in our scientific institutions.
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It was a pleasure to interview @cpiller of @ScienceMagazine on @EPPCdc Searching for Medicine's Soul about his new and terrific book, Doctored
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Thanks to @AaronRothstein of Searching for Medicine’s Soul podcast for a terrific conversation about my new book, “Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s”
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Searching for Medicine’s Soul · Episode
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Researchers avoid citing sexual harassers, but not frauds https://t.co/pR9Q7ndwUU
science.org
Findings contradict researchers’ own beliefs about how they would cite accused peers
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The journal @ScienceMagazine has a review of my new book "Doctored" - about the troubled state of play in Alzheimer's research. I work for Science, did not see this review until its publication. Thanks to the insightful @FearLoathingBTX for his close read.
science.org
Fraud undermines Alzheimer’s disease research
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Good grief
UnitedHealth Seeks PR Boost by Suing Online Critics
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My latest for @WSJBooks @WSJopinion on a wonderful new book by @cpiller exposing some terrifying fraud at the highest levels of scientific expertise. @EPPCdc ‘Doctored’ Review: Medical Promise Betrayed https://t.co/Cf8xR6DDu4 via @WSJBooks
wsj.com
When research into an experimental drug or medical procedure is called into question, the consequences can be devastating.
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"A dramatic & damning investigation of scientific transgression" Wall Street Journal @AaronRothstein reviews #Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance & Tragedy in the Quest to Cure #Alzheimers by @ScienceMagazine journalist @CPiller from @AtriaBooks
https://t.co/kiAztFCwJW via @WSJBooks
wsj.com
When research into an experimental drug or medical procedure is called into question, the consequences can be devastating.
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My latest for @WSJBooks @WSJopinion on a wonderful new book by @cpiller exposing some terrifying fraud at the highest levels of scientific expertise. @EPPCdc ‘Doctored’ Review: Medical Promise Betrayed https://t.co/Cf8xR6DDu4 via @WSJBooks
wsj.com
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Academics are paid nothing for peer review. Yet journals made a total of over $8.3 billion on article processing charges alone between 2019-2023. Make it make sense.
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"Until such reform comes, we need muckraking journalists to expose deception when our most venerable scientific institutions fall dangerously short." @AaronRothstein's informative review of @cpiller's ‘Doctored’. #journalism #medicine
https://t.co/47s60kbzre via @WSJBooks
wsj.com
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A new @WSJ review, by @AaronRothstein, is out about my forthcoming book "Doctored" -- excellent analysis for anyone interested interested in a preview
wsj.com
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This is what happens when we, as fallible humans, pick and choose which human beings deserve basic dignity
Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center locked teens in their rooms for long stretches without cause amid staffing shortage
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‘You are thinking,’ O’Brien said, ‘that my face is old and tired…Can you not understand, Winston, that the individual is only a cell? The weariness of the cell is the vigour of the organism. Do you die when you cut your fingernails?’ -1984
An 81-year-old man in Quebec strangled his wife to death with a rope because she had dementia and he "wasn't capable of enduring it all." He says he acted "out of love." How many people will opt for euthanasia to spare their spouse hardship or jail time? https://t.co/qHZU7ImCKi
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