Bills & Access
Deciding what to spend on your health
A rough ranking of where money produces the most health, based on what the evidence actually supports.
Topic
evidence
Every Health Wealth Tiger article tagged evidence — 7 pieces across 3 sections.
Screening & Checks
Overdiagnosis, and why more medicine is not always better
Detecting disease that would never have caused harm is a real and measurable phenomenon with real costs.
Food & Budget
Fibre, and why it is the nutrient that matters most
Intakes are below recommendations almost everywhere, the evidence is unusually strong, and the sources are cheap.
Food & Budget
Ultra-processed food and what to make of it
The evidence is genuinely concerning, the definition is contested, and the practical advice is less dramatic than the debate.
Screening & Checks
The annual check-up: what is worth doing
The routine yearly physical has surprisingly weak evidence, and the components that matter can be listed on a postcard.
Food & Budget
Supplements: what the evidence supports
A short list has genuine indications and the rest is a large industry selling reassurance at a premium.
Screening & Checks
Which screening tests are actually worth having
A screening programme has to clear a high bar to exist, and a great deal of what is sold as screening never gets near it.