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Trust and evidenceSep 20, 2026· 2 min read· Editor In Chief
What evidence-based medicine means, and how to tell if your doctor practices it
The phrase gets used as a slogan by people who mean the opposite. The real definition, from the doctors who coined it, has three parts, and a clinician who honors all three is easy to recognize once you know what to look for.
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VaccinesSep 20, 2026· 2 min read· Editor In Chief
The childhood vaccine schedule, explained by the evidence
The routine schedule is not a random list. Each shot is timed to the age when the disease is most dangerous and the immune response is strong enough to work. Spreading them out does not make them safer. It just leaves children unprotected longer.
#vaccines#pediatrics#children#guidelines
Trust and evidenceSep 20, 2026· 2 min read· Editor In Chief
Why clinical guidelines matter, and what "guideline-based care" means for you
A guideline is not a rule from on high. It is the written summary of every good trial on a question, graded by strength of evidence, by clinicians who treat that condition. Care that follows it is care that has been tested on people like you.
#guidelines#evidence-based medicine#cholesterol#diabetes
Trust and evidenceSep 20, 2026· 2 min read· Editor In Chief
Politics has walked into the exam room. Here is how to keep the science in it.
Confidence in the CDC and FDA has split along party lines and fallen overall. That leaves patients choosing between two kinds of noise. There is a third option: a clinician whose commitments are written down, checkable, and older than this news cycle.
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