Helen Pearson is the author of the book “Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works.” Helen's problem is this: How do you get people to make important decisions based on high-quality evidence, instead of on hunches or habits?

In this episode, Helen explains: 

• How a doctor's fatal mistake sparked the evidence-based medicine movement
• Why management is so resistant to evidence-based practices
• How systematic reviews changed the way she works as a science journalist
• Why global trust in science remains high – outside the US
• What a randomized trial of pint glasses revealed about preventing violent injuries.

Check out Helen’s book here. 

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