Ben Goldacre
Science communicator | Bad science and pharmaceutical knowledge gaps
Most recently at TED in 2012.
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Ben Goldacre unpicks dodgy scientific claims made by scaremongering journalists, dubious government reports, pharmaceutical corporations, PR companies and quacks.
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What doctors don't know about the drugs they prescribe
When a new drug gets tested, the results of the trials should be published for the rest of the medical world -- except much of the time, negative or inconclusive findings go unreported, leaving doctors and researchers in the dark. In this impassioned talk, Ben Goldacre explains why these unreported instances of negative data are especially misleading and dangerous.
2 talks, all in 2012
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1 event · 2 appearances · 2011 to 2012
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