BrainWaves: A Neurology Podcast

#136 Iatrogenesis

BrainWaves: A Neurology Podcast

In medicine, less is more.

Sometimes.

In this week's program, Dr. Igor Rybinnik of the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School shares what he's learned when it comes to overtreating patients.

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