Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma FlacksHave 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? Or how a drug that is pulled off the market for causing heart attacks ever got approved in the first place? How can average readers, who aren't medical doctors or Ph.D.s in biochemistry, tell what they should be paying attention to and what's, well, just more bullshit? |
Contents
Brain Gym 3 The Progenium XY Complex | |
Homeopathy | |
The Placebo Effect | |
The Nonsense du Jour | |
Nutritionists | |
The Doctor Will Sue You | |
Is Mainstream Medicine Evil? | |
Why Clever People Believe Stupid Things | |
Bad Stats | |
The Medias MMR Hoax | |
And Another Thing | |
Notes | |
Further Reading and Acknowledgments | |
Index | |