The four points to remember are:
1. Physicians must strive to be better judges of science.
2. Hubris has to go, and physicians have to learn to be more honest and skeptical with themselves.
3. Physicians should intervene only when the evidence supports doing so, rather than jumping to action.
4. Patients should be able to ask their physician whether the evidence supports the intervention.
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