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Ben goldacre is a doctor and science writer who wrote the bad science column in the guardian from 2003 to 2011. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title bad science. Since 2003 dr ben goldacre has been exposing dodgy medical data in his popular guardian column. He is the author of the guardian newspapers weekly bad science column and a book of the same title, published by fourth estate in september 2008. Bad science is a book by ben goldacre, criticising mainstream media reporting on health and. Theres an extra chapter in the paperback after vitaminpill manufacturer matthias rath dropped his libel. Its not a thriller, its a nonfiction work of popular science.
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Battling bad science so im a uh doctor, but i kind of slipped sideways into research, and now im an epidemiologist. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. It tackles the problems pharmaceutical companies pose to medical care and evidence based medicine. It will be accessible to anyone interested in health and its politics. This book is based on articles from the bad science column written by dr. Have you ever wondered how one day the media can assert that alcohol is bad for us and the next unashamedly run a story touting the benefits of daily alcohol consumption. Ben goldacre masterfully dismantles the dodgy science behind some of the great drug trials, court cases and missed opportunities of our time, but he also goes further. Bad science by ben goldacrein this book the crusader against quackery is on top form, says pd smith. Ben goldacre is a writer, broadcaster, and doctor best known for the bad science column in the guardian. By ben goldacre july 5 2011 click here to access this book. Quacks, hacks, and big pharma flacks is finally in print in the usa, and americans are lucky to have it. Epidemiology clinical informatics evidence based medicine reproducibility. Read online, or download in secure epub format have you ever wondered how one day the media can assert that alcohol is bad for us and the next unashamedly run a story touting the benefits of daily alcohol consumption. This site was designed with the wix website builder.
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