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<blockquote data-quote="Geek" data-source="post: 2674099" data-attributes="member: 246624">When my daughter was little, she had a series of ear and throat infections that were frequent enough that the pediatrician finally said &quot;One more in the next two months and Imma recommend we consider taking out her tonsils&quot; or words to that effect.&nbsp; Interestingly, Julia stopped getting the sore throats and ear infections just then.&nbsp; (Kids do stop getting the sore throats and ear infections eventually, and I guess it was time!)&nbsp; Had she continued to suffer these infections and the question of tonsillectomy&nbsp; come up, I&#039;m sure I would have researched it and made a scientifically informed decision about what to do, in consultation with the pediatrician, who was in my opinion quite good.&nbsp; &nbsp; But that didn&#039;t happen, so it was with great interest that now, several years later, I find these blog posts about tonsillectomy:&nbsp; Seth Roberts writes: <a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/tonsillectomy-confidential-do.html" target="_blank">Tonsillectomy Confidential: doctors ignore polio epidemics and high school biology</a> in which he argues that tonsillectomies are overused and should be avoided, based on his reading of the evidence.&nbsp; Maggie Koerth -Baker, an editor at Boing Boing (where Roberts&#039; post was published) writes: <a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/01/17/a-doctor-responds-to-seth-robe.html" target="_blank">A doctor responds to Seth Roberts&#039; guest post about tonsillectomy</a> in which she contextualizes Roberts&#039; post and points readers to ... &nbsp; Steve Novella&#039;s <a href="http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/tonsillectomy-indications-and-complications/" target="_blank">Tonsillectomy Indications and Complications</a>.&nbsp; Novella does not exactly come to the opposite conclusion from Roberts, but he points out some very important flaws in Roberts methodology of research and presentation, which should give pause to anyone basing a decision on Roberts&#039; essay.&nbsp; &nbsp; This sequence of posts is a must read for anyone interested in Science Based Medicine, Skepticism, or my favorite subject, Skeptical Skepticism.&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/01/tonsils_to_ectomy_or_not_to_ec.php#commentsArea" target="_blank">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/RYPyLGEpLOc" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geek, post: 2674099, member: 246624"] When my daughter was little, she had a series of ear and throat infections that were frequent enough that the pediatrician finally said "One more in the next two months and Imma recommend we consider taking out her tonsils" or words to that effect. Interestingly, Julia stopped getting the sore throats and ear infections just then. (Kids do stop getting the sore throats and ear infections eventually, and I guess it was time!) Had she continued to suffer these infections and the question of tonsillectomy come up, I'm sure I would have researched it and made a scientifically informed decision about what to do, in consultation with the pediatrician, who was in my opinion quite good. But that didn't happen, so it was with great interest that now, several years later, I find these blog posts about tonsillectomy: Seth Roberts writes: [URL="http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/tonsillectomy-confidential-do.html"]Tonsillectomy Confidential: doctors ignore polio epidemics and high school biology[/URL] in which he argues that tonsillectomies are overused and should be avoided, based on his reading of the evidence. Maggie Koerth -Baker, an editor at Boing Boing (where Roberts' post was published) writes: [URL="http://boingboing.net/2012/01/17/a-doctor-responds-to-seth-robe.html"]A doctor responds to Seth Roberts' guest post about tonsillectomy[/URL] in which she contextualizes Roberts' post and points readers to ... Steve Novella's [URL="http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/tonsillectomy-indications-and-complications/"]Tonsillectomy Indications and Complications[/URL]. Novella does not exactly come to the opposite conclusion from Roberts, but he points out some very important flaws in Roberts methodology of research and presentation, which should give pause to anyone basing a decision on Roberts' essay. This sequence of posts is a must read for anyone interested in Science Based Medicine, Skepticism, or my favorite subject, Skeptical Skepticism. [URL="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/01/tonsils_to_ectomy_or_not_to_ec.php#commentsArea"]Read the comments on this post...[/URL][IMG]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/RYPyLGEpLOc[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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