Paul Saladino· MD
epidemiology studies are only meant to generate hypotheses which must then be tested with interventional studies
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
epidemiology studies are only meant to generate hypotheses which must then be tested with interventional studies
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which is why i argued to joel fuhrman we must turn to interventional research to really get a sense of what is the most indicative thing of humans
within Western medicine there are two major types of studies that can be done one of them actually has a control group doesn't experiment and looks to see what the outcome is this is what's most intuitive when we think of medical research there's an experiment there's a control group that doesn't have any intervention and there's an intervention and then we look at the results of both groups on the back end that's an Interventional study which is what we should really be looking for to answer most of these questions