Ben Goldacre explains the problem of publication bias, where - TopicsExpress



          

Ben Goldacre explains the problem of publication bias, where negative trials go missing in action and never get published, and how this skews the research and can have deadly consequences for patients. If i flip a coin 100 times, but withhold the answer from you half of the time, i can convince you i have a coin with 2 heads We cannot know the true effects of the medicines we prescribe if we do not have access to all of the data I suggest everyone read Bens book Bad Pharma, which this TED talk is based on, it explains all about the real conspiracies going on in the pharmaceutical industry. youtube/watch?v=JKRIoY9aXK8
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 08:04:25 +0000

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