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My macroeconomics professor claimed

According to one researcher, only one in seven medical interventions is supported by reliable scientific evidence.

A quick Google search shows the quote from the book Macroeconomics: A Contemporary Approach. However, the book just refers to another source. Is this claim actually verifiable?

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    For the benefit of use casual readers, what exactly do you mean by "medical interventions" – Sam I am says Reinstate Monica Jan 08 '15 at 17:13
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    The "another source" cited in the book is [this article](http://www.albany.edu/~scifraud/data/sci_fraud_3602.html) which says, "That assumption is so far off the mark that the term "medical science" is practically an oxymoron. **Dr. David Eddy of the Jackson Hole Group has estimated that no more than 15 percent of medical interventions are supported by reliable scientific evidence**. ... "It's more of an art form than a science form," he said. ... Because of individual variations among patients and physicians, clinical medicine will always be in large measure an art, and that is a good thing." – ChrisW Jan 08 '15 at 17:54
  • The example of "not scientific" given in the book is that "nobody really knows" how acetaminophen works. – ChrisW Jan 08 '15 at 21:26

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