{"id":597,"date":"2025-11-20T13:24:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T13:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/?page_id=597"},"modified":"2026-03-26T09:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:45:44","slug":"research-areas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/research-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ideally, health policy measures and recommendations are based on sound scientific evidence. In practice, however, decisions are often made despite incomplete data or outdated assumptions that no longer reflect current knowledge. Hypotheses from the past are then mistakenly treated as established \u201cfacts\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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In healthcare, misinformation can result in misallocated resources and delays in implementing effective interventions. In politics, unsubstantiated claims can lead to poor decisions in health planning and preventive care.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\n Gender Health Gap <\/span>\n <\/h4>\n <\/a>\n
Women are often overlooked in research and medicine, which leads to incorrect diagnoses and high risk treatments.<\/div> <\/span>\n \n <\/i><\/span>Learn more<\/span> <\/span> <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n The alleged danger of fats <\/span>\n <\/h4>\n <\/a>\n
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\n The origin of the coronavirus - laboratory or market <\/span>\n <\/h4>\n <\/a>\n
The premature assumption of a market origin of Covid-19 shows how factoids can distort scientific discussions.<\/div> <\/span>\n \n <\/i><\/span>Learn more<\/span> <\/span> <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n 10,000 steps a day <\/span>\n <\/h4>\n <\/a>\n
The rule of 10.000 steps per day comes from marketing \u2013 health benefits begin much earlier.<\/div> <\/span>\n \n <\/i><\/span>Learn more<\/span> <\/span> <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n Fluoridation of drinking water <\/span>\n <\/h4>\n <\/a>\n
For decades, caries prophylaxis has been celebrated. But new studies reveal complex effects and risks (fluorosis). We need a critical, evidence-based discussion.<\/div> <\/span>\n \n <\/i><\/span>Learn more<\/span> <\/span> <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n Homeopathy <\/span>\n <\/h4>\n <\/a>\n
Homeopathy has perfected the placebo effect while offering no real scientific basis.<\/div> <\/span>\n \n <\/i><\/span>Learn more<\/span> <\/span> <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n Vaccine Hesitancy <\/span>\n <\/h4>\n <\/a>\n
Vaccine hesitancy is the deliberate refusal of vaccination, even though safe and effective vaccines are available.<\/div> <\/span>\n \n <\/i><\/span>Learn more<\/span> <\/span> <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \t\t\t
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\/ Diskurs Evidenzbasierte Gesundheit f\u00f6rdern Gesundheitspolitische Ma\u00dfnahmen und Empfehlungen basieren idealerweise auf fundierter wissenschaftlicher Evidenz. In der Praxis werden Entscheidungen jedoch getroffen, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-597","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1223,"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/597\/revisions\/1223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evidence-based-health.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}