Bad Science
Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks
by Ben Goldacre
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“Great book. | You would stop making those dumb comments if you read Bad Science.”
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Science, and Nonfiction.
Have 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 bioche...
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