The other thing to consider here is unintentional media bias - when a lay publication wants information they tend to go to tier 1 research & academic institutions; exactly the sort of place that has all the latest new toys. This is often very far from typical practice. So people outside of healthcare hear about all sort of things that are a decade or more from general usage, even if they get there eventually.
From the outside, it's probably difficult to understand how conservative medicine is generally. Even effective new practices often take decades to become really mainstream.
It really isn't - see my other comment.
The other thing to consider here is unintentional media bias - when a lay publication wants information they tend to go to tier 1 research & academic institutions; exactly the sort of place that has all the latest new toys. This is often very far from typical practice. So people outside of healthcare hear about all sort of things that are a decade or more from general usage, even if they get there eventually.
From the outside, it's probably difficult to understand how conservative medicine is generally. Even effective new practices often take decades to become really mainstream.