There are many differences between medicine and teaching, but they have much in common. Both involve craft and personal expertise, learned through… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
I agree, the world would be a better place if doctors were less enthusiastic about adopting very new drugs. — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
“Aside from all this, for several of the most important and enduring problems in medicine, we have no idea what the best… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
Doctors and patients need as much data as possible to make an informed decision about what treatment is best. — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
In the past, [medicalization]has been portrayed as something that doctors inflict on a passive and un-suspecting world - an expansion of the… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
The placebo effect is one of the most fascinating things in the whole of medicine. It's not just about taking a pill,… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
There is this peculiar blind spot in the culture of academic medicine around whether withholding trial results is research misconduct. People who… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
“[I]t seems to me that a lot of the stranger ideas people have about medicine derive from an emotional struggle with the… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
“What is odd, perhaps, is how the primacy of patient autonomy and informed consent over efficacy—which is what we’re talking about here—was… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
“At school you were taught about chemicals in test tubes, equations to describe motion, and maybe something on photosynthesis – about which… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
Yes. I'm a doctor, an epidemiologist, and lots of my professional colleagues flip back and forth between industry and medical roles. I… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
In general, drug companies are reasonably good at developing new treatments, and there's also a lot of good in the industry. — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
Amazing things happen when you pull individual pieces of information together into larger linked datasets: meaning emerges, as you produce facts from figures. — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
“Aside from all this, for several of the most important and enduring problems in medicine, we have no idea what the best treatment is,… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
“At school you were taught about chemicals in test tubes, equations to describe motion, and maybe something on photosynthesis—about which more later—but in all… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
And if, by the end [of this book], you reckon you might still disagree with me, then I offer you this: you'll still be… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
“Today, scientists and doctors find themselves outnumbered and outgunned by vast armies of individuals who feel entitled to pass judgment on matters of evidence—an… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
I hope that you will be asked to participate in a trial at some stage in your disease — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
Most bloggers have no institutional credibility, and so they must build it, by linking transparently, and allowing you to easily double check their work.… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
“The American Academy of Pediatrics officially supports breastfeeding, but receives about half a million dollars from Ross, manufacturers of Similac infant formula.” — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
“More than that, these adverts sell a dubious world view. They sell the idea that science is not about the delicate relationship between evidence… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
“At school you were taught about chemicals in test tubes, equations to describe motion, and maybe something on photosynthesis – about which more later… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
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