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Tue, 14 May 2013 17:55:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Why is Imperial College permitting Westminster public school to sell an internship? http://www.badscience.net/2013/05/westminster-public-school-selling-cv-points-internship-at-imperial-college-grim/ http://www.badscience.net/2013/05/westminster-public-school-selling-cv-points-internship-at-imperial-college-grim/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 13:51:41 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2926 http://www.badscience.net/2013/05/westminster-public-school-selling-cv-points-internship-at-imperial-college-grim/feed/ 8 Shame on you, Sylvia Browne, for telling Amanda Berry’s mother her daughter was dead. http://www.badscience.net/2013/05/shame-on-you-sylvia-browne-for-telling-amanda-berrys-mother-her-daughter-was-dead/ http://www.badscience.net/2013/05/shame-on-you-sylvia-browne-for-telling-amanda-berrys-mother-her-daughter-was-dead/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 19:55:42 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2920 http://www.badscience.net/2013/05/shame-on-you-sylvia-browne-for-telling-amanda-berrys-mother-her-daughter-was-dead/feed/ 5 My evidence to the Science and Tech Select Committee inquiry on missing trial data http://www.badscience.net/2013/04/my-evidence-to-the-uk-parliamentary-select-committee-inquiry-into-missing-trial-data/ http://www.badscience.net/2013/04/my-evidence-to-the-uk-parliamentary-select-committee-inquiry-into-missing-trial-data/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:03:52 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2895 http://www.badscience.net/2013/04/my-evidence-to-the-uk-parliamentary-select-committee-inquiry-into-missing-trial-data/feed/ 3 Suicide advert from Hyundai is almost surreally misguided http://www.badscience.net/2013/04/suicide-advert-from-hyundai-is-almost-surreally-misguided/ http://www.badscience.net/2013/04/suicide-advert-from-hyundai-is-almost-surreally-misguided/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:57:15 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2878 http://www.badscience.net/2013/04/suicide-advert-from-hyundai-is-almost-surreally-misguided/feed/ 19 How vaccine scares respect local cultural boundaries. http://www.badscience.net/2013/04/how-vaccine-scares-respect-local-cultural-boundaries/ http://www.badscience.net/2013/04/how-vaccine-scares-respect-local-cultural-boundaries/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:39:15 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2871 http://www.badscience.net/2013/04/how-vaccine-scares-respect-local-cultural-boundaries/feed/ 7 I’m on the One Show talking about missing trials tonight http://www.badscience.net/2013/03/im-on-the-one-show-talking-about-missing-trials-tonight/ http://www.badscience.net/2013/03/im-on-the-one-show-talking-about-missing-trials-tonight/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:10:13 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2855 http://www.badscience.net/2013/03/im-on-the-one-show-talking-about-missing-trials-tonight/feed/ 2 Teachers! What would evidence based practice look like? http://www.badscience.net/2013/03/heres-my-paper-on-evidence-and-teaching-for-the-education-minister/ http://www.badscience.net/2013/03/heres-my-paper-on-evidence-and-teaching-for-the-education-minister/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:47:35 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2849 http://www.badscience.net/2013/03/heres-my-paper-on-evidence-and-teaching-for-the-education-minister/feed/ 50 80 patient groups (eighty!) sign up to alltrials.net in one go! Then Cancer Research UK! http://www.badscience.net/2013/02/80-patient-groups-eighty-sign-up-to-alltrials-net-in-one-go-then-cancer-research-uk/ http://www.badscience.net/2013/02/80-patient-groups-eighty-sign-up-to-alltrials-net-in-one-go-then-cancer-research-uk/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:02:15 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2829 http://www.badscience.net/2013/02/80-patient-groups-eighty-sign-up-to-alltrials-net-in-one-go-then-cancer-research-uk/feed/ 0 This is excellent, and amazing. GSK have just signed up to alltrials.net http://www.badscience.net/2013/02/this-is-excellent-and-amazing-gsk-have-just-signed-up-to-alltrials-net/ http://www.badscience.net/2013/02/this-is-excellent-and-amazing-gsk-have-just-signed-up-to-alltrials-net/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:58:19 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2816 http://www.badscience.net/2013/02/this-is-excellent-and-amazing-gsk-have-just-signed-up-to-alltrials-net/feed/ 5 EU lead on clinical trials comes out in favour of transparency. Hurrah! http://www.badscience.net/2013/02/labours-eu-lead-on-clinical-trials-leads-transparency-drive-hurrah/ http://www.badscience.net/2013/02/labours-eu-lead-on-clinical-trials-leads-transparency-drive-hurrah/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:44:44 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2812 http://www.badscience.net/2013/02/labours-eu-lead-on-clinical-trials-leads-transparency-drive-hurrah/feed/ 0 Some talks in the US and Canada. COME! http://www.badscience.net/2013/01/some-talks-in-the-us-and-canada-come/ http://www.badscience.net/2013/01/some-talks-in-the-us-and-canada-come/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:04:10 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2787 http://www.badscience.net/2013/01/some-talks-in-the-us-and-canada-come/feed/ 2 AllTrials campaign launches, please sign and spread! http://www.badscience.net/2013/01/alltrials-campaign-launches-please-sign-and-spread/ http://www.badscience.net/2013/01/alltrials-campaign-launches-please-sign-and-spread/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:00:00 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2772 http://www.badscience.net/2013/01/alltrials-campaign-launches-please-sign-and-spread/feed/ 2 Health Select Committee call on NICE, GMC, pharma industry to address missing data http://www.badscience.net/2013/01/health-select-committee-call-on-nice-gmc-pharma-industry-to-address-missing-data/ http://www.badscience.net/2013/01/health-select-committee-call-on-nice-gmc-pharma-industry-to-address-missing-data/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:47:14 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2770 http://www.badscience.net/2013/01/health-select-committee-call-on-nice-gmc-pharma-industry-to-address-missing-data/feed/ 4 I made this Radio 4 documentary on randomised trials on government policy http://www.badscience.net/2013/01/i-made-this-radio-4-documentary-on-randomised-trials-on-government-policy/ http://www.badscience.net/2013/01/i-made-this-radio-4-documentary-on-randomised-trials-on-government-policy/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:38:40 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2763 http://www.badscience.net/2013/01/i-made-this-radio-4-documentary-on-randomised-trials-on-government-policy/feed/ 4 Interview on missing trials with the Institute for Clinical Research http://www.badscience.net/2012/12/interview-on-missing-trials-with-the-institute-for-clinical-research/ http://www.badscience.net/2012/12/interview-on-missing-trials-with-the-institute-for-clinical-research/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:46:13 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2758 http://www.badscience.net/2012/12/interview-on-missing-trials-with-the-institute-for-clinical-research/feed/ 7 MPs write to Public Accounts Committee to request action on hidden trials and Tamiflu. http://www.badscience.net/2012/12/mps-write-to-public-accounts-committee-to-request-action-on-hidden-trials-and-tamiflu/ http://www.badscience.net/2012/12/mps-write-to-public-accounts-committee-to-request-action-on-hidden-trials-and-tamiflu/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:29:14 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2742 http://www.badscience.net/2012/12/mps-write-to-public-accounts-committee-to-request-action-on-hidden-trials-and-tamiflu/feed/ 8 False claims by Stephen Whitehead and Deepak Khanna of the ABPI http://www.badscience.net/2012/12/dreary-false-claims-by-stephen-whitehead-and-deepak-khanna-of-the-abpi/ http://www.badscience.net/2012/12/dreary-false-claims-by-stephen-whitehead-and-deepak-khanna-of-the-abpi/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:56:04 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2737 http://www.badscience.net/2012/12/dreary-false-claims-by-stephen-whitehead-and-deepak-khanna-of-the-abpi/feed/ 4 Win. Parliamentary Sci Tech Committee announces official inquiry into missing trial data. http://www.badscience.net/2012/12/win-parliamentary-sci-tech-committee-announces-official-inquiry-into-missing-trial-data/ http://www.badscience.net/2012/12/win-parliamentary-sci-tech-committee-announces-official-inquiry-into-missing-trial-data/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:44:57 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2729 http://www.badscience.net/2012/12/win-parliamentary-sci-tech-committee-announces-official-inquiry-into-missing-trial-data/feed/ 2 Questions in Parliament, and a briefing note on missing trials: updated. http://www.badscience.net/2012/10/questions-in-parliament-and-a-briefing-note-on-missing-trials/ http://www.badscience.net/2012/10/questions-in-parliament-and-a-briefing-note-on-missing-trials/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:30:56 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2714 http://www.badscience.net/2012/10/questions-in-parliament-and-a-briefing-note-on-missing-trials/feed/ 4 Great article in Trials, on why regulators should stop withholding trial info from doctors and patients http://www.badscience.net/2012/10/great-article-in-trials-on-why-regulators-should-stop-withholding-trial-info-from-doctors-and-patients/ http://www.badscience.net/2012/10/great-article-in-trials-on-why-regulators-should-stop-withholding-trial-info-from-doctors-and-patients/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:15:02 +0000 Ben Goldacre http://www.badscience.net/?p=2704 http://www.badscience.net/2012/10/great-article-in-trials-on-why-regulators-should-stop-withholding-trial-info-from-doctors-and-patients/feed/ 5