Evidence-Based Medicine Matters

Dr Julie Huxley-Jones

Research Scientist

Every day millions of people are treated with medicines that wouldn't exist without science. Evidence-based research has fast-forwarded how we find treatments, from what was just chance discovery to targeted generation of medicines. Our health has improved, how we recover has changed, life expectancies are increased and ultimately lives have been saved. Now through vaccination programmes we can prevent getting the illness in the first place. But most importantly evidence-based medicine can demonstrate how, where, when and why it works.