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Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2010/01/if-you-want-to-be-trusted-more-claim-less/ http://www.badscience.net/2010/01/if-you-want-to-be-trusted-more-claim-less/feed/ 55 http://www.badscience.net/2009/12/by-me-in-the-bmj-the-dodginess-of-drug-company-trials/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/12/by-me-in-the-bmj-the-dodginess-of-drug-company-trials/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:54:32 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/2009/12/by-me-in-the-bmj-the-dodginess-of-drug-company-trials/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/12/by-me-in-the-bmj-the-dodginess-of-drug-company-trials/feed/ 73 http://www.badscience.net/2009/03/lloyds-and-carbon-monoxide/ http://www.badscience.net/2009/03/lloyds-and-carbon-monoxide/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:01:25 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=1045 http://www.badscience.net/2009/03/lloyds-and-carbon-monoxide/feed/ 29 http://www.badscience.net/2009/02/datamining-would-be-lovely-if-it-worked/ 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