Jeremy Howick
About
I’m a philosopher and medical researcher exploring how we can use evidence-based empathy to become happier and healthier. This covers everything, from the medicines you take, to your relationship with your doctor, and your body’s own amazing capacity for self-healing.
Placebos are the most widely used treatments in the history of medicine. Thousands of studies show that they can be effective and make us happier and healthier. Yet confusion about what placebos are and how to measure their effects prevents some doctors from using them to help patients. Meanwhile, damage caused by the nocebo effect..
The history, philosophy, ethics,
and science behind the placebo
and nocebo effects.
Jeremy Howick
My books
An international bestseller, Doctor You arms you with knowledge that will empower you to make the right choices about what drugs to take, what drugs to give your children, and when you should let your body do its thing.
Jeremy Howick reveals the hard
science behind self-healing.
Read this breakthrough book!
Deepak Chopra
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has become a required element of clinical practice, but it is critical for the healthcare community to understand the ongoing controversy surrounding EBM. Seeking to address questions raised by critics, The Philosophy of Evidence-based Medicine challenges the over dependency of EBM on randomized controlled trials.
Jeremy Howick has written the
most comprehensive and fair
philosophical treatment of EBM
to date.
Philosophy of Science
The Telegraph
Does this study prove that back pain is all in your mind?
The Daily Mail
How placebos work – even when you know you’re taking a sugar pill
Blog Latest
