| 书目名称 | Health and Lifestyle | | 副标题 | Separating the Truth | | 编辑 | Brian S. Everitt | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Explains in non-technical terms how statistical methods are used to provide acceptable scientific evidence in medical research.Shows why randomized clinical trials are the gold standard methodology fo | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .The main message of this book is that people should be on their guard against both scare stories about risks to health, and claims for miracle cures of medical conditions. In the 21.st. century hardly a day passes without another article appearing in the media about a new treatment for a particular disease, new ways of improving our health by changing our lifestyle or new foodstuffs that claim to increase (or decrease) the risk of heart disease, cancer and the like. But how should the general public react to such claims, given that some of the journalists writing them focus on the sensational rather than the mundane and often have no qualms about sacrificing accuracy and honesty for the sake of a good story? Perhaps the wisest initial response is one of healthy scepticism, followed by an attempt to discover more about the details of the studies behind the reports. But most people are not, and have little desire to become experts in health research. By reading this book, however, these non-experts can, with minimal effort, learn enough about the scientific method to differentiate between those health claims, warnings and lifestyle recommendations that have some merit and those tha | | 出版日期 | Book 2016 | | 关键词 | epidemiological studies; clinical trials; scientific evidence; effectiveness of diets; screening for can | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42565-8 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-42564-1 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-42565-8 | | copyright | Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 |
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