Category: Health and Medicine
Category: Health and Medicine
In this edition Malcolm explains how study results can be carefully worded, to imply results that are actually contrary to data.
On his podcast, Emily and Dr. Drew talked at length about the overuse of statins to treat coronary heart disease.
By Emily KaplanAfter a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Journalist Neil Barsky initially followed his doctors advice and began insulin injections. He also did his own research and found a community already aware of the root of the problem. After cutting out the carbs, he dropped his A1C, got off medications, and now considers himself cured.
Emily explains the strengths, weaknesses, and ways to interpret observational studies. These types of studies can be useful for identifying links between things, and then generating hypotheses. However, the results of any observational study are strictly corollary, and do not prove cause.
By Emily KaplanIn this next video, BSI's Emily Kaplan explains all-cause mortality, and how it should be included when considering any medical treatment.
By Emily KaplanIn this video, Emily explains how to understand medical tests. She dives into both sensitivity and specificity of testing.
By Emily KaplanThe Wall Street Journal is catching on to the problems with peer review. Retractions continue to rise, with several high-profile pieces having been pulled in the last year.
Mark Bell's Power Project Podcast ep 1002. Greg Glassman, Mark Bell, Nsima Inyand, and Andrew Zaragoza talk about how and why Greg created CrossFit and why Greg believes science is broken.
Dr. Malcolm Kendrick dives into history of medical breakthroughs showing us how new ideas are often shunned in order to maintain the status quo.