Why Observational Studies Lie to You
Why Observational Studies Lie to You
by Alan Cassels at Brownstone Institute
If you’ve spent five minutes paying attention to medical news, you’ve undoubtedly seen the headlines: “People who take statins have 30% fewer heart attacks!” or “Breast cancer screening makes women live longer!” or “Menopausal Hormone therapy lowers Alzheimer’s risk.”
These all sound wonderful, don’t they? Just swallow a daily pill, or submit to regular screening, and you’ll join the ranks of the immortal. Were only life so simple.
Yet before you rush off to demand a prescription, let me introduce you to one of the…
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