Patient-Based Medicine

Pay close attention to this because it directly and indirectly affects your health and that of your family (and, indeed, everyone in the world): Do you know what EBM (“Evidence-Based Medicine”) is? This is it: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicina_baseada_em_evid%C3%AAncias or better explained here http://www.scielo.br/pdf/jvb/v6n1/v6n1a01.pdf

In other words, the idea is good in theory! A Medicine that has as its fundamental pillar that only what has “good” scientific studies, “recognized as adequate” behind it, should be practiced in Medicine.

However, in practice, it seems that most “scientific evidence” is compromised by the interference of those who, in essence, live off the existence of the disorders and diseases themselves:

🔗 https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/equilibrioesaude/808395-industria-e-acusada-de-criar-doenca-para-vender-remedio.shtml

🔗 https://anovademocracia.com.br/materias-impressas/a-industria-da-doenca-no-usa/

(or simply search for “disease industry” on Google and “have fun” reading the more than 5,000,000 results... Or at least the first ones!)

In practical terms, if EBM is based on “scientific evidence” BUT this is mostly unreliable, then EBM (a good idea, in theory) itself becomes unreliable, doesn't it? And some may say that nothing in humanity is totally reliable and that radicalism is therefore not welcome in condemning EBM, but let's think: if most of the basis of something is compromised, what practical support does this “something” have?

Anyway, all this is just for you to think about... to reflect carefully and exercise your critical judgment about what to listen to from now on in health...

I suggest that we strengthen PBM (“Patient-Based Medicine”): a medicine that has as its fundamental pillar that only what has “good” effects on patients, “known to be appropriate” behind it, should be practiced in medicine. After all, for example, I have hundreds of patients who get much better (and quickly) from colds when they drink lemon tea with garlic, but I can't remember where the scientific study is that “proves” this...

What do you think?

Hugs and good thinking... Have a good week!