Can anal retention help you beat depression?
Can anal retention help you beat depression? Ben Goldacre Thursday September 18, 2003 The Guardian Talk bad science · You might wonder why I’m being so anally retentive about everything this week. I...
View ArticleChocolate love
Chocolate love Ben Goldacre Thursday January 8, 2004 The Guardian Talk bad science · With painful inevitability, that old chestnut about chocolate’s health-giving properties popped up on the health...
View ArticleWho’s the bad guy?
Ben Goldacre Thursday October 7, 2004 The Guardian · What is science? A set of techniques, perhaps, for approaching a problem, or examining and describing the world. It informs, but is different...
View ArticleChannel 4’s ‘doctors’ continued
Ben Goldacre Thursday October 14, 2004 The Guardian · I’m in a difficult position. You may remember Dr Bannock PhD: he is a Channel 4 TV doctor and a certified professional member of the American...
View ArticleThe not so posh Kettle Chips
Ben Goldacre Thursday October 21, 2004 The Guardian · Let me take you back two weeks, to the story of Kettle Chips. They are running a slightly improbable ad campaign, slogan “No Science, No...
View ArticleHealth food shopped
Ben Goldacre Thursday November 18, 2004 The Guardian · Imagine what would happen if I just went crazy one day and started making stuff up. I mean, we’ve built up such a relationship of trust over...
View ArticleVitamins advertised
Ben Goldacre Thursday November 25, 2004 The Guardian · Come with me as we pull back the veils, and examine the bizarre world of the nutrient marketing industry: I give you Nutraingredients, one of...
View ArticleChips with everything
Ben Goldacre Thursday December 2, 2004 The Guardian · I love Christmas. All those festive news stories planted by industry about how chocolate and booze are good for you, and then the excitement of...
View ArticleNutritionist-free diets
Ben Goldacre Thursday June 2, 2005 The Guardian Talk about bad science · OK, hands up. I hate nutritionists and phoney diet marketers. I hate them because they confuse evidence and theory. I hate...
View ArticleDon’t dumb me down
We laughed, we cried, we learned about statistics … Ben Goldacre on why writing Bad Science has increased his suspicion of the media by, ooh, a lot of per cents Ben Goldacre Thursday September 8, 2005...
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