Ben Goldacre

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Ben Goldacre (born 1974), British doctor and epidemiologist. Bad Science and Bad Pharma are the clearest introductions I know to how medical evidence works and how homeopaths, nutritionists and drug companies abuse it.

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Goldacre

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Anti-Vaccine

Ben Goldacre, Bad Science (2008), chapter on the MMR scare and the role of the press

Detox

The props. Ben Goldacre opened Bad Science with the Aqua Detox foot bath, in which the water turns brown as the "toxins" are drawn out through the soles. The water turns brown because an electric current is rusting the iron electrodes; it…

Dietary Supplements

Ben Goldacre

Homeopathy

Ben Goldacre, Bad Science (2008), chapter 4, which remains the clearest short account

Ben Goldacre (2012)

Ben Goldacre (2008)

Ben Goldacre

Ben Goldacre, Bad Science (2008), chapter 5, "The Placebo Effect"