Scientists Baffled After Finding 10th Century Medicine that Kills Superbug

[Jaguar]

"It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine."

- Marcia Angell, MD ("Drug Companies and Doctors: A Story of Corruption." NY Review of Books, Jan. 15, 2009)

Let's put it this way, I had to use my dad as a guinea pig to prove to an arrogant doctor the drug company literature he was genuflecting in front of was garbage. The blood results didn't lie, but drug companies do.

 

[ygolo]

"It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine."

- Marcia Angell, MD ("Drug Companies and Doctors: A Story of Corruption." NY Review of Books, Jan. 15, 2009)

An interesting read: Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption by Marcia Angell | The New York Review of Books

But so is this: Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks: Ben Goldacre: 9780865479180: Amazon.com: Books

 

[Lark]

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