The cynic in me was thinking "ok, I've read the article, what product is the article selling? ok, here we go". Although to be honest, I was nodding as I was re

The cynic in me was thinking "ok, I've read the article, what product is the article selling? ok, here we go". Although to be honest, I was nodding as I was reading. It's not only about medical decision, but with most decisions where you want to buy the best X. Maybe medical decisions are less... selfish? I mean - if I want to buy a toaster, I'll look at Which, and won't splurge on the most expensive one, but will look at what other people are finding useful. With health however, you probably don't want to spare expenses, so the decision making process will be a bit different - we trust people from which we're getting health advice. I'm not in USA, and don't think this sort of thing is confined to USA