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Medical Reversal happens when doctors start using a medication, a procedure, or a diagnostic tool without solid evidence that it\\u2019s effective. Then, after finding out the medication, procedure, or diagnostic tool doesn\\u2019t work or even harms the patient, they eventually stop using it.

Today, I interview Dr. Adam Cifu, author of the highly acclaimed book \\u201cEnding Medical Reversal: Improving Outcomes, Saving Lives.\\u201d We discuss the most controversial current examples of medical reversal, why it happens, and why it takes so long to de-adopt ineffective medical procedures, treatments, and medications. He also shares his prescription for how to prevent it.

Medical reversal is far more common than we think, and causes far more harm than we admit.