Tag: Cochrane Collaboration

The last decade has seen an attempt to bring more scientific rigor into medical practice. The movement is called Evidence Based Medicine. The notion seems simple, one few could argue with: take a critical look at all the research that’s been done about a particular medical treatment and see if, on balance, the treatment works. The…

Most people think medicine is a science. Mostly, that’s true. But only mostly. In fact, medicine makes frequent use of science, but it’s not entirely science — it’s more of a mishmash of science, experience, intuition, guesswork, and blind luck. Many wish this were not so, but it is. The last decade has seen an…

Most people think medicine is a science. Medicine makes use of science, but it’s not science — it’s a mishmash of science, experience, intuition, guesswork, and blind luck. Many wish this were not so, but it is. The last decade has seen an attempt to bring more scientific rigor into medical practice. The movement is called…