How to Know If a Treatment Is Actually Worth the Side Effects
How to Read a Medical Study and Actually Decide: Number Needed to Treat, the 10-Minute Triage, and Your Values
Your doctor says a new treatment looks promising. Before you say yes, there is one number you should ask for: the Number Needed to Treat. In this episode of The Habit Healers Podcast, I’m walking you through how to read a medical study in ten minutes or less and turn the results into a real decision about your own health.
I’m Dr. Laurie Marbas, and this is the final piece of our series on evidence-based medicine. We talk about why a treatment that “reduces risk by 20 percent” can…
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