There are thousands of claims in healthcare. Most are untrue. Your inability to assess these claims for yourself renders you vulnerable. By applying the principles of Critical Thinking, this blog aims to help you evaluate healthcare claims for yourself.

The process is quite simple. Since a claim is only as good as the evidence that supports it, we gather the evidence, find out what type it is, and determine if that type is reliable or not. For example, if a claim is being supported by an anecdote, we ask, "Are anecdotes reliable?", "What is their track record?", "How often do they lead to the truth, and how often do they mislead?". With this, we can determine the likelihood the claim is true, or not.

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