Medical Research Fraud
The cluster centers on debates about widespread fraud, unreliability, and skepticism toward medical and health research, frequently referencing studies in journals like The Lancet, BMJ, and figures like Ioannidis, with discussions on whether to assume research is fraudulent until proven otherwise.
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You've described pretty much every politician or any doctor that posses outdated informationhttps://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/02/22/...
Not STEM, but rather science and medicine.Instead of this clickbait article, how about linking to the actual Lancet issue: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/vol393no1017...
Just 3 days ago this was on Hacker News:"Time to assume that health research is fraudulent until proven otherwise?"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27884233
The author is a known quack, please stop spreading misinformation.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29298178
I feel this way too, but I often find those circulating articles are in mainstream media by people who don't understand what they're reporting on or in "science will cure everything" blogs. However, this is a summary posted on one of the most respected journals in the world's website. The article/study it is summarizing was peer reviewed and developed by scientists at some of the world's top institutions. Sure, we shouldn't get caught up in reputation as a
There is absolutely not enough evidence from this particular doctor to justify the claim. It's irresponsible to publish this.
Please heed this warning from the linked thread:> Comments like this are gonna quickly turn this place into just another /r/science, where people of no particular qualification chime in and try to make themselves feel smart by contradicting a peer reviewed study without taking the actual effort needed to properly question a peer reviewed study, especially one in as prestigious a journal as the Lancet.Thank you. Nobody’s interested in your level of incredulity, however you ital
https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n490Sounds like the BMJ dont trust this chap and are questioning his financial interests. Therefore I would question his motives with regard to this article, he isnt very forthcoming which is usually indicative of having something to hide.
My point with that statement was the article posted clearly says the reason, but everyone piles on like its a conspiracy, ignoring the words in their face. The title is skewed and misleading to rile up people.(edited to remove words I didnt mean) He can't back up his information either, but I'm not a doctor. Other doctors disagree. Im sure I couldn't find a source you would accept. And most of us are not qualified to digest the information anyway. I've seen enough to regar
Probably relevant https://jeannelenzer.com/scientific-american-scandal