Medical: Science and pseudo-science

There is no doubt that the medicine is a science, biology, physics and chemistry, and other fundamental subjects of development, today's medicine has become one of the many branches of science door especially impressively disciplines. Organ transplantation, antibiotic treatment, vaccination has in fact already adapted the human history since the last century, if not a doctor of the general public also has a reason to live in an era of health security and pride. Time, the scientific name of medicine seems to have all the bases.

However this is a scientific fact and not of age, as the "enlightened living in a complex society, most of us in fact did too many opportunities to learn about the word" Science "behind the real existence. Who will care about it, anyway, as long as the label on the "Science" in that some insurance. However, people often forget that the "Science" is not an adjective.

In essence, science is guided by a set of system exploration activities carried out by the way, this activity in accordance with a strict causal logic expands, its final total to some of the applicable conditions are rigorously qualified conclusion. In General, some from the conclusions can be exported to infer or forecast, and conclusions are similar to these predictions themselves the applicable conditions are to be strictly limited. So, science is on a strict process of alleged, without qualification of the term will be used as an adjective is inappropriate, it is not science, in this case, we often use the term "pseudoscience".

There are many features, pseudoscience, but usually have a concept of deliberate ambiguity and examination of the flight. Any scientific theory is specified by itself in order to establish the basis of facts and noted that the circumstances under which they will no longer be set up, this is the so-called "scientific" by falsification. However, the trick will be exhausted all kinds of pseudoscience to pointed out that the falsification principle does not apply to itself, in other words, they escape. We can take this recognition science and pseudoscience.

Healthcare in pseudoscience exist in many forms, but in essence they cannot escape the foregoing pseudoscience in common characteristics. They are often attracted to magic eye, to mislead the public, in the name of science ultimately were to catch people money.

This type of pseudoscience common policies according to their degree of deviation from science divided into several types. One of the most common and most deceptive of a class is to have a scientific basis for conclusions to be exaggerating. For example, in the 1950s had a flourishing of the vitamin C can one-size-fits-all argument. Vitamin C is on the human body has a very important role in preventing excessive oxidation of body tissue, are many physiological processes vital substances. Because the body's own lack of synthesis mechanism, our daily required dimension C is almost always comes from the food or drug supplementing, therefore, appropriate supplement C is true benefits. From the 1950s onwards, some people suggested that since the dimension C can prevent excessive oxidation, to prevention and treatment including cancer, almost all diseases, because from the chemical point of view, it seems that all disease processes can be seen as excessive oxidation. In the absence of any evidence, they began to take more than a day of publicity should physiological requirements of many times-C, time dimension C into Europe and the United States's best-selling products. Many companies profit. However, regardless of whether or not a simple disease process is regarded as oxidation transition, even if the peroxidation in many disease process exists, its genesis and development mechanism is also very different dimension C clearly does not universal. Future clinical and basic research has indeed proved, overdose-C strays, but harmful. However, dimension C universal on was even won include Nobel Laureate bubble forest, some of the great scientist, still no lack of supporters.

Dimension C story although how much some ridiculous but the rationality of the shadow, the other examples but it was close to the ridiculous and absurd. Not long ago to make fuss of nucleic acid turmoil is one example. In this example, the main it is borrowed including Nobel Prize, a series of scientific symbols to dress up their scientific nature, but actually, the so-called complementary nucleic acid can one-size-fits-all a fundamental fact that cannot stand the test. Here, a fundamental moistens and health are not top things be used rigid logic and similarity packaging rightfully after becoming a seems to be a panacea. This type of pseudoscience can attest to the class, its called a real concept through tamper contact originally no facts together, seemingly scientific language and symbols to be dressed up, seems to be a true science is so true.

The last category can be considered as our native products, so-called folk remedies are also guilty of this. Quack often to mystery, in the treatment of interest prior to the start of the first to give psychological impact. Because of the psychological effects of placebo effect often on diseases affecting the consequences, even in its treatment of measures does not have any effect, still a significant number of patients feel better. To truly look at these claims to have the miraculous recipe, you'll find it absurd without, Lu Xun in the Thao to three tastes bookstore "described in the treatment of skin to defeat drum when the number ascitic fluid is the most classic case however. Often in markets pharmacies are visible in the "ancestral recipes, panacea to cancer, hepatitis ..." also belong to this class.

Medical science recognized the complexity of things, but also recognized the organism is a physical, psychological and social aspects highly unified whole. However, this does not mean that the restored and precise knowledge will not be possible, more does not mean that similar "nature and man" in a class of deviousness of mysticism is reasonable. Any complex phenomenon is the present, but things change will follow the law of cause and effect. The so-called unified and complex just a variety of mechanisms and change of comprehensive, using experimental/test method, we can strictly controlled conditions to understand changes in the process of logically associated, and thus deduce the various mechanisms behind the phenomenon. All single factor promoting the integration of the process, things change in its entirety is evident. Clinical Medicine: a randomized controlled trial is such a significant scientific methods. It is called today the "clinical studies" gold standard, the first is to take full account of the disease process and the human body itself highly

Variability. It is well known, and people are different, essentially, no two are exactly the same, but different between it and the degree of similarity. Disease situation is similar: a and b are suffering from a disease, disease process must not be identical, there is always more or less. Therefore, clinical treatment of the decision-making process is an assessment of the specific condition and be grouped by similarity. Whereas the purpose of clinical research is as precise a treatment methods in different populations and diseases cases whether valid or harmful.

As we mentioned earlier, the prevalence of placebo effect makes no controlled trials on the credibility of the conclusions greatly restricted. Patients concerned about their doctors always grateful to the doctors report feeling better is undoubtedly the best form of exchanging gifts. In addition, for the majority of chronic disease, just to tell patients they accept a new treatment is enough to make the 20 per cent are due to psychological effects of mitigation. Only an addition to the accepted target interventions all basically the same as the control group (Control) in order to be shielded from those not to be reason comfort factors in treatment effect. Of course, the psychological effect of a large part is caused by the implied, if not knowing whether to adopt the new drug or treatment, psychological effects, not eliminating them. In addition, as the researchers of the doctor always has its own test results expected, the subjective bias may result in him during the testing process to make some benefit that he would like to see the conclusion of the Act, such as accept interventions more care of patients, or intentionally or in a data-processing phase of exaggerating the in/out of data. Therefore, the most stringent test should be designed so that the participation of the parties: patients, physicians, and data analysts do not know which group of patients is expected of interventions. This method is called "blind" (Blinded).

In addition to the placebo effect, patient choice can also affect the test conclusions are correct or not. Just imagine, if acceptance test intervention of patients had mild, even without treatment to heal, and the control group of patients in each condition to Tuk, even though every effort is also broken difficult species, the test of what significance? in order to avoid this, clinical epidemiologists has developed two interconnected ways, one is to determine in advance the full inclusion and exclusion criteria, enter the test patients with basic similarity, according to research purposes excluded overweight or underweight. Union and other high individual health indicators are often difficult to determine in advance, these factors are equally likely to impact patient response to treatment, and control them in two pilot group differences only use another approach. This is the so-called "randomization method" (Randomization). The principle is to meet the standard of volunteers elected to have the same may be assigned to accept interventions test group and placebo/traditional treatment control group. In this way, not only control the high Union similarity in the two groups, and even the fine difference severity have been eliminated, in theory, the severity of the disparate individuals since there are equally (50 per cent to 50 per cent) may enter into various groups, that on the whole, the two groups should be the same.

By establishing control, distribution and introduction of randomized, single-blind randomized controlled trial to modern good on specific treatment method is to have the benefits of disease problems draw clear conclusions. In this case, we can say that the drug or treatment is the "Science". Even so, in specific applications, the doctor will also need to put the specific situation of the patient and test processes to contrast, evidence from the two areas can be a good fit when it has reason to be concerned with drug or treatment to patients. Through this process of strict compliance with the evidence, the medical and scientific gradually reached a height of only perfection.

Therefore, the science of medicine is a strict systematic and logical process, the effectiveness of the treatment and diagnosis is to be strictly limited to exceptional patient, medical intervention must be special and individual. On the treatment under medical toutongnaore, abdominal pain of stubborn magic no there may be scientific, but classified as pseudoscience boundaries.

Write here, and to be concluded. From the above description, it is not difficult to find, pseudoscience, although the shape is not clever, just keep your mind and not difficult to see through. The most critical point or more thought, after all, this is a concept and impressions of the times, simply look at what really feel sure is very small. Finally you need to repeat that, so far, perhaps after 100 years are also so is: nothing is a panacea, if someone says, I am afraid that pseudoscience hat is not his.