Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47248511

Medical journal says the case reports it has published for 25 years are fiction (retractionwatch.com)

179 points | 5 days ago | 69 comments

Case reports are the lowest levelnof evidence for a reason. Troublenis when sustematic reviews of a certain conditin is based on historical case reports and noise turns into pseudo-signal

There have been some great cases reports, Broca’s area, but you must scrutinise everything youn read.