President Dwight D. Eisenhower coined the term “military-industrial complex” when he left office to describe his concerns about the influence of the military. The phrase highlights the phenomenon of mission creep, where an industry expands into areas...
In medicine, beliefs and ideas get very ingrained. Some, such as screening mammography become sacred cows. And when sacred cows are questioned the reaction is more akin to dealing with heresy than dealing with science. This was on display again with yet another...
Fans of Dire Straits will remember the line in Industrial Disease which goes “Two men say they’re Jesus – one of them must be wrong”. With this in mind consider two headlines. The first from Australian Doctor magazine “Early Dementia Diagnosis of Benefit to...
