New BMJ editorial: “How Medicine is Broken, and How We Can Fix It”
There are some big problems in medicine, and the public are right to be concerned about our shortcomings. Last week we found out that the Chief Medical Officer has written to the Academy of Medical Sciences, asking for an authoritative review into problems in the evidence we use to choose treatments, focusing especially on concerns […] (Source: badscience)
Source: badscience - June 23, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Ben Goldacre Tags: bad science Source Type: blogs
Two interviews on withheld trials, NPR and ABC
Here are a couple of fairly detailed interviews I’ve done over the last two weeks, both on the problem of clinical trial results being withheld. The first is with On The Media, an excellent NPR show, the clip is here. The second interview is with ABC and has two striking features. One is my big, fat, red face. The second […] (Source: badscience)
Source: badscience - April 27, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Ben Goldacre Tags: alltrials campaign publication bias Source Type: blogs
WHO announcement on withheld clinical trials, and my commentary in PLoS Medicine
As you’ll hopefully know by now from reading Bad Science, Bad Pharma, and my endless columns on the subject, medicine has a problem: the results of clinical trials are routinely and legally withheld from doctors, researchers, and patients. We started the AllTrials.net campaign two years ago to build a global campaign on this issue, and we’ll be publishing […] (Source: badscience)
Source: badscience - April 16, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Ben Goldacre Tags: bad science Source Type: blogs
I did a Newsnight thing about how politics needs better data
Here’s a 5 minute film I did on Newsnight last week, about how politics needs better data. Specifically, it’s about how politicians misuse statistics, how we can stop them, and how we can generate better evidence on what works, and what fails. If you’re interested in more on this topic, well… there are some good examples […] (Source: badscience)
Source: badscience - February 16, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Ben Goldacre Tags: evidence based policy video Source Type: blogs
Richard Herring Leicester Square Theatre Show, interview, video …
I took great pride in the fact that my book Bad Science was first reviewed by Viz and the British Medical Journal. In that vein, here’s a 90 minute interview I did on stage with comedian Richard Herring in the Leicester Square Theatre. I have bad hair, we cover a lot of dorky material – […] (Source: badscience)
Source: badscience - February 10, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Ben Goldacre Tags: interviews video Source Type: blogs
Richard Herring Leicester Square Theatre Show, interview, video…
I took great pride in the fact that my book Bad Science was first reviewed by Viz and the British Medical Journal. In that vein, here’s a 90 minute interview I did on stage with comedian Richard Herring in the Leicester Square Theatre. I have bad hair, we cover a lot of dorky material – […] (Source: badscience)
Source: badscience - February 10, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Ben Goldacre Tags: interviews video Source Type: blogs
My BMJ editorial: how can we stop academic press releases misleading the public?
There is an excellent research paper published today in the BMJ, showing that academic press releases routinely exaggerate scientific findings and mislead the public. This is something I’ve often covered. In this story, for example, the BMJ’s own press release about their own paper was hopelessly and entirely misleading. And after this story, featuring a […] (Source: badscience)
Source: badscience - December 10, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Ben Goldacre Tags: bad science Source Type: blogs
That YouGov parlour game is wrong. This annoys me.
YouGov have produced a fun, popular new parlour game. You give the site the name of a celebrity, author, TV show, pet, activity, or anything; and it gives you a lot more information in return. Essentially: “other things that such a person typically does and likes”. So, the “favourite dishes” of people who read Ben Goldacre books are Vegetarian Thali, […] (Source: badscience)
Source: badscience - November 19, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Ben Goldacre Tags: bad science Source Type: blogs
Some London talks and events coming up
There are a few London talks and events coming up over the next few weeks, all very different, and more to come around the country soon: Monday 17th Nov – Richard Herring Leicester Square Podcast This show is a great institution: comedian Richard Herring interviews comedians and the occasional nerd in front of a live audience, […] (Source: badscience)
Source: badscience - November 14, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Ben Goldacre Tags: bad science Source Type: blogs
