“We should listen less to the opinions of those who either overtly promote or stubbornly reject complementary and alternative medicine without acceptable evidence. The many patients who use complementary and alternative medicine deserve better. Patients and healthcare providers need to know which forms are safe and effective. Its future should (and hopefully will) be determined by unbiased scientific evaluation.” KnowsNeedsShouldUsePainFormOpinionSafeEvidenceDeserveMedicinePatientDeterminedHopefullyAlternativesTherapyInjuryRejectsHealthcareAcceptableEvaluationProvidersComplementaryAlternative MedicineUnbiasedDeserve Better Author:Edzard Ernst
“Sincerity is not test of truth-no evidence of correctness of conduct. You may take poison sincerely believing it the needed medicine, but will it save your life?” BelieveMayNeededEvidenceTestsMedicinePoisonSinceritySincerelyCorrectness Author:Tryon Edwards
“Alternative therapists don't kill many people, but they do make a great teaching tool for the basics of evidence-based medicine, because their efforts to distort science are so extreme.” PeopleEffortTeachingEvidenceToolsMedicineExtremesAlternativesTherapistsBasicsGreat Teaching Author:Tracey Gold
“All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.” PhilosophyBodyTruthPerceptionConscienceEvidenceMedicineSensesCredibilityCredibleSomaFive SensesTruth Of God Book:Basic Writings of Nietzsche Source: Basic Writings of Nietzsche
“Genetic modification has many different areas, for example in medicine, and Britain is at the leading edge of this new technology. I don't know, but people tell me, it could indeed by the leading science of the 21st century. All I say to people is: 'Just keep an open mind and let us proceed according to genuine scientific evidence.'” PeopleKnowsMindDifferentTechnologyCenturyExampleEvidenceAreasMedicineEdgesGenuineBritain21st CenturyOpen MindNew TechnologyModificationKeep An Open MindScientific Evidence Author:Tony Blair
“Doctors most commonly get mixed up between absence of evidence and evidence of abense” BeliefEvidenceDoctorsMedicineAbsenceMedicalScholarPhysiciansMixingEssayists Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Pharmacogenomics holds great promise to shed scientific light on the often risky and costly process of drug development, and to provide greater confidence about the risks and benefits of drugs in specific populations. Pharmacogenomics is a new field, but we intend to do all we can to use it to promote the development of medicines. By providing practical guidance on how to turn the explosion of pharmacogenomic information into real evidence on new drugs, we are taking an important step toward that goal.” ImportantRealUseLightTurnsProcessGoalStepsGreaterRiskInformationFieldsDevelopmentPromiseDrugBenefitsEvidenceMedicinePopulationPracticalsGuidanceProvidingShedExplosions Author:Mark McClellan
“I have come to doubt whether the FDA rules should apply to cannabis. There is no question about its safety. It is one of humanity's oldest medicines, used for thousands of years by millions of people with very little evidence of significant toxic effects. More is known about its adverse effects than about those of most prescription drugs.” PeopleShouldYearsLittlesUsedHumanityKnownMillionsDoubtEffectsDrugEvidenceSafetyMedicineSignificantToxicPrescriptionsCannabisAdverseFdaPrescription DrugsAdverse Effects Author:Lester Grinspoon