malcolmkendrick
Scottish doctor, author, speaker, sceptic
Why it matters that placebo-controlled trials can never be repeated.
Malcolm Kendrick and Zoë Harcombe sued a British newspaper for libel, and won.
Is the placebo effect real? Evidence Based Medicine is built upon controlled trials, but the positive effects demonstrated in these trials may not actually exist.
Over the years there have been many risk calculators for cardiovascular disease. Which of them works best? The answer is… none of them.