How Evidence-Based Medicine Works
According to legend, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used the brilliant diagnostician Joseph Bell as a prototype for Sherlock Holmes. Just one look at a patient was enough for Dr. Bell to figure out what was wrong. If an experienced doctor could make such quick diagnoses in the 19th century, why would doctors in the 21st century need to come up with anything new?
What are vaccines?
Disease has threatened humanity for centuries — and it’s no wonder, given that for most of history we didn’t know how to cure them at all. During epidemic outbreaks, people died by the millions. The situation changed only 200 years ago with the invention of vaccines.
Natural, An appeal to nature
Organic products are expensive. Manufacturers claim that they are better for you than regular products because, after all, nature provides what’s best for us. We would be stronger and healthier if only we would stick to all things natural: organic makeup, organic food, cyanide… Wait, what?
Why It’s Important To Get Enough Sleep
Spending time on sleep can be terribly frustrating — when you study all day and then do your homework in the evening, you are left with virtually no time for rest, TV shows, or video games. If you stay up late once or twice playing your favorite online game or chatting with your friends, nothing especially bad will happen, but you might nod off in the morning. However, consistently depriving yourself of two to three hours of a good night’s sleep is a very bad idea. Why is this so?