I Write About Misuses Of Evidence In

In The Past, [medicalization]has Been Portrayed As Something That Doctors Inflict On A Passive And Un-suspecting World - An Expansion Of The Medical Empire. But In Reality, It Seems That These Reductionist Bio-medical Stories Can Appeal To Us All, Because Complex Problems Often Have Depressingly-complex Causes, And The Solutions Can Be Taxing, And Unsatisfactory.

Science Has Authority Not Because Of White Coats Or Titles, But Because Of Precision And Transparency: You Explain Your Theory, Set Out Your Evidence, And Reference The Studies That Support Your Case.

If You Put Me In Charge Of The Medical Research Budget, I Would Cancel All Primary Research, I Would Cancel All New Trials, For Just One Year, And I Would Spend The Money Exclusively On Making Sure That We Make The Best Possible Use Of The Clinical Evidence That We Already Have.

Yes. I'm A Doctor, An Epidemiologist, And Lots Of My Professional Colleagues Flip Back And Forth Between Industry And Medical Roles. I Know Them; They Are Not Bad People. But It Is Possible For Good People In Bad Systems To Do Things That Inflict Enormous Harm.

I'd Like To Submit To Bad Science My Teacher Who Gave Us A Handout Which Says That 'water Is Best Absorbed By The Body When Provided In Frequent Small Amounts.' What I Want To Know Is This. If I Drink Too Much In One Go, Will It Leak Out Off My Arsehole Instead? Thank You. Anton.