There’s an enormous amount of health information at our fingertips. But how do you know what to believe and what to disregard? In this podcast, I’ll help to answer that question. Every week, I’ll either sit down with a healthcare expert to discuss an article or talk to you one on one about how to interpret news stories and the journal articles from which those stories stemmed. When I sit down with the experts, we’ll break down a news article, then dive into the source. We’ll talk about the strengths and limitations of the study and provid...
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What are the odds?: A concise introduction to one of the most common statistics in medical research
In this episode, I provide a concise introduction to odds ratios, one of the most common statistics used in medical research. I discuss what they are, how to interpret them, and ho…