Term
Evidence-Based
The phrase the show lives by — and a word that gets abused enough to deserve its own entry.
Jason introduces himself every episode as “an evidence-based chiropractor.” This is not an accident. It is a small act of professional positioning in a field where the word “subluxation” still gets used in polite company.
The show dedicated a full episode (episode 10 by Jason’s count) to what evidence-based medicine actually means — because the phrase has been co-opted by both sides of every health debate to mean “stuff I already believe, with footnotes.” The real definition involves integrating the best available research with clinical expertise and patient values. That last part — patient values — is the one that gets dropped most often.
As Jason put it: “There is nothing more dangerous than a confident person with a half-read study.” The show exists, in part, to slow that process down.
First seen in Science with a Smirk: Our Evidence-Based Approach to Health.