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Interview: David Newman, MD
Director of clinical research
Department of Medicine at Columbia University
Author, Hippocrates' Shadow: Secrets from the House of Medicine

Time now for the second our series of conversations about the concept known as evidence based medicine.

This week, Dr. David Newman of Columbia University School of Medicine speaks with Sound Medicine's Steve Bogdewic about his book, Hippocrates’ Shadow, in which he argues that often, belief in the rational idea of science trumps actual medical evidence.

Additional Resources:

• David Newman's book is Hippocrates' Shadow: Secrets from the House of Medicine.
• Dr. Newman's essay, Believing in Treatments that Don’t Work, appears in the April 2, 2009 issue of The New York Times.

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