It's a pledge that medicine does not live up to.
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Much of what medical science offers, be it a drug, a treatment or some advice about supplements or diets, will probably not work for you and possibly do you some harm.
If I was the only one telling you this, you could be forgiven for just waving me off.
But if a Stanford professor of medicine, health research and statistics tell you "Why most published research findings are false" you may want to listen …