How can you know whether media articles reporting on health and medical research are fairly and accurately representing the research results they are writing about?

The fact of the matter is that the process of scientific research into human health, medicine and human physical performance, undertaken by universities and other research institutions is very often quite biased …

… These people are behaving like naked emperors, and you ought to know it …

Here’s a counterintuitive truth you need to grasp to make sense of health-related advice and information: you can know something works without knowing how it works. Conversely, having a plausible and persuasive theory about why something might help does not mean it actually helps.