0.05. Evidence medicine from magic to searching for immortality. Talents P.V.

How did magical medicine work and why did the patients order to go to the execution of criminals? What diseases, according to mystics doctors, did the valley, wild cucumber and bear wool helped? What was right and what was the mistake of Hippocrates? Why in the 19th century the birth on the street less often ended with a maternity leave than childbirth surrounded by doctors in the hospital? What are clinical trials and how are they carried out? Who are bio -hackers and how modern experts are looking for an elixir of immortality? How to choose patients for testing and why does this often lead to errors? What is evidence -based medicine and how does it differ from alternative? What are the main arguments and slogans of supporters of the latter and why are they fundamentally erroneous? How does real medicine differ from charlatanism and magical practices in general? The book of Peter Talentov contains all comprehensive information about how evidence -based medicine was born, in what condition is now, and what is its future.