Tagged: Probabilities

Newsflash! Advertisers Lie! - MacDoctor

Jim McVeagh • Feb 28, 2010 •

• Advertisements,
• competition,
• Drug Companies,
• Drug Reps,
• Drug Research,
• ethics,
• Evidence Based Medicine,
• Medical Practice,
• Pharmaceutical Companies,
• Probabilities,
• RCTs,
• research,
• Sciblogs,
• statistics,
• Stupidity

Yes, I know it is almost impossible to fathom such depravity, but some pharmaceutical advertisers make unsubstantiated claims in medical journals! (/SARCASM OFF) Such is the conclusion of Ben Goldacre of the Guardian, writing on the Bad Science Blog. Goldacre is writing about a recent research article in the Netherlands Journal of Medicine “Are claims of [...] Related posts: … Read More