I Hope That You Will

And If, By The End [of This Book], You Reckon You Might Still Disagree With Me, Then I Offer You This: You'll Still Be Wrong, But You'll Be Wrong With A Lot More Panache And Flair Than You Could Possibly Manage Right Now.

Most Bloggers Have No Institutional Credibility, And So They Must Build It, By Linking Transparently, And Allowing You To Easily Double Check Their Work. But More Than Anything, Because Linking Sources Is Such An Easy Thing To Do, And The Motivations For Avoiding Links Are So Dubious, I've Detected Myself Using A New Rule Of Thumb: If You Don't Link To Primary Sources, I Just Don't Trust You.

Yes. I'm A Doctor, An Epidemiologist, And Lots Of My Professional Colleagues Flip Back And Forth Between Industry And Medical Roles. I Know Them; They Are Not Bad People. But It Is Possible For Good People In Bad Systems To Do Things That Inflict Enormous Harm.

Doctors And Patients Need As Much Data As Possible To Make An Informed Decision About What Treatment Is Best.

If You Put Me In Charge Of The Medical Research Budget, I Would Cancel All Primary Research, I Would Cancel All New Trials, For Just One Year, And I Would Spend The Money Exclusively On Making Sure That We Make The Best Possible Use Of The Clinical Evidence That We Already Have.