The Shocking Truth Behind Stents: Why They Might Be Doing More Harm Than Good
Ever wonder why certain medical procedures cling stubbornly to the spotlight, even after solid evidence suggests they’re not doing much good? It’s like being sold a ticket to a show where the lead act never really showed up—except the ticket costs a fortune, and the stakes are your health. Time and again, studies have peeled back the curtain, revealing that doctors’ decisions often dance to the tune of how fat their paycheck gets, rather than the patient’s best interest. Take angioplasty and stents — the glittering stars of heart disease treatment — which, since 2007’s COURAGE trial, we’ve known don’t lower the risk of death or heart attacks. Yet, shockingly, nearly everyone missed that memo, possibly because most cardiologists don’t mention it. Fast forward a decade, and the ORBITA trial emerged, turning even the promise of symptom relief into a deceptive mirage. So, why are these costly, risky procedures still being drilled into patients with such enthusiasm? Could it be that when financial incentives are on the line, medicine starts sounding more like a business pitch than a healing art? Let’s delve deeper and uncover what doctors themselves confess about this uneasy truth. LEARN MORE
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