Anchor
6th July 2010, 06:20
More evidence of the sword of truth at work
Never trust an expert! Ever wondered why so much health advice is contradictory? It's because two-thirds of medical research is wrong or fraudulent
Have you been left confused by expert health advice? Even people like me, with years of experience in science and medical journalism, are left scratching our heads when research is contradicted by other studies or turns out to be wrong.
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Highly respected scientists toss out data all the time. They pretty much have to. It would be hard to justify keeping 'findings' when a key piece of equipment is faulty or if patients in studies are caught not sticking to their drug or diet regimens.
The problem is that it's not always clear where to draw the line between data that is bad and data that the researcher just doesn't like.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1292288/Never-trust-expert--Ever-wondered-health-advice-contradictory-Its-thirds-medical-research-wrong-fraudulent.html
Never trust an expert! Ever wondered why so much health advice is contradictory? It's because two-thirds of medical research is wrong or fraudulent
Have you been left confused by expert health advice? Even people like me, with years of experience in science and medical journalism, are left scratching our heads when research is contradicted by other studies or turns out to be wrong.
...
Highly respected scientists toss out data all the time. They pretty much have to. It would be hard to justify keeping 'findings' when a key piece of equipment is faulty or if patients in studies are caught not sticking to their drug or diet regimens.
The problem is that it's not always clear where to draw the line between data that is bad and data that the researcher just doesn't like.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1292288/Never-trust-expert--Ever-wondered-health-advice-contradictory-Its-thirds-medical-research-wrong-fraudulent.html