The Myths, Abuses and Pseudoscience Surrounding “Evidence Based Medicine”

• By: Joseph A. Deltito, MD Salve Regina University
• January 1st, 2018
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There are 3 types of lies: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics (Mark Twain). In approximately the last 10 years there’s been great interest in the concept of Evidence Based Medicine as a unifying concept for teaching, evaluating data and practicing medicine. The concept goes back at least 150 years to...