Letters: Observing the benefits of placebos
Wednesday August 31, 2005
The Guardian
Ben Goldacre’s thought-provoking piece (A tonic for sceptics, August 29) moves forward the debate about Read the rest of this entry »
Letters in Guardian about the Placebo piece
A tonic for sceptics
Ben Goldacre
Monday August 29, 2005
Comment, The Guardian
Sceptics, and the placebo effect, are easily misunderstood. Since I’ve made a modest second career out of rubbishing alternative therapies (or rather the pseudoscience of the claims behind them), you might expect me to be pleased with a new analysis of 110 placebo-controlled randomised trials of homoeopathy, published Read the rest of this entry »
Magnetic needling
Ben Goldacre
Thursday August 25, 2005
The Guardian
· “Magnetic bandages can help wounds heal faster,” says the Daily Mail, which is certainly a headline that invites close reading. “A magnetic leg wrap has been Read the rest of this entry »
Hard to swallow
Ben Goldacre
Thursday August 18, 2005
The Guardian
· Pity the sensible alternative therapist, for they are in a unique and impossible position. On the one hand, they want to be scientific, evidence-based and conservative in what they say. On the other, they have to talk up the myths around their Read the rest of this entry »
Publish or be damned
Ben Goldacre
Thursday August 4, 2005
The Guardian
· I have a very long memory. So often with “science by press release”, newspapers will cover a story, even though the scientific paper doesn’t exist, assuming it’s around the corner. In February 2004, the Daily Mail was saying that Read the rest of this entry »
