Improving Critical Appraisal

Launched in July 2022, Sensible Medicine is a Substack newsletter for people interested in medicine, health policy, outcomes, human biology, drug development, translational science, medical ethics and science communication. All of Dr. Cifu’s contribution to the site can be found here.

In addition to diverse posts about the topics above, Dr. Cifu has contributed a series of articles about some of his favorite articles in the medical literature.

• Can a Dog Diagnose Colon Cancer with Her Nose?

• Is Shortness of Breath Due to Heart Failure Different from Shortness of Breath Due to Asthma?

• Self-reported Cannabis Use as a Risk Factor for Schizophrenia in Swedish Conscripts of 1969: Historical Cohort Study

• Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease with Pravastatin in Men with Hypercholesterolemia

• Caffeine Intake and the Risk of First-Trimester Spontaneous Abortion

• Introduction to the series

  All of Dr. Cifu’s posts from Sensible Medicine can be found here.