268. Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6

Freakonomics Radio

• Episode: 268. Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6
• Website: Freakonomics Radio
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• Duration: 00:44:55
• Published: 2016-12-01 05:00

We tend to think of medicine as a science, but for most of human history it has been scientific-ish at best. In the first episode of a three-part series, we look at the grotesque mistakes produced by centuries of trial-and-error, and ask whether the new era of evidence-based medicine is the solution.