This video is a clip of a BBC documentary in which Iain Chalmers and Dan Cruikshank recreate James Lind’s celebrated experiment to test treatments for scurvy.
Jul 312012
In this video Gwen Olsen, a former pharmaceutical sales representative, talks about manipulating doctors to sell more drugs.
This video provides an example of the application of the scientific method to the claims of quackery! Featuring Emily Rosa, the youngest person ever to publish in the prestigious JAMA — Journal of the American Medical Association. تابع القراءة »
Jul 242012
“FDA approves new drug the first drug designed to treat the symptoms of excessive perkiness.”
This humorous video by the Onion illustrates some of the tactics used to push unnecessary treatments or “sell” sickness. The video uses a fictitous treatment called “Despondex” for this purpose, تابع القراءة »
“A New Epidemic” is a humourous video parody of the tactics used to “sell” disease by some organisations. It uses a fictitious disease called Motivational Deficiency Disorder to make its point.
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In this video tutorial, Amanda Burls explores the ways in which evidence about the effectiveness of genetic testing can be misrepresented in advertising
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Jul 132012
Statistically funny is a blog by Hilda Bastian containing her own cartoons illustrating important concepts in research and evidence-based health care.
“The comedic possibilities of clinical epidemiology are known to be limitless.”
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