Why it matters that placebo-controlled trials can never be repeated.

Coming August 28th! This episodic series from BSI's Emily Kaplan aims to change our collective conversation through art and science.

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.

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick and Zoë Harcombe PhD received a judgement in their favor yesterday in a London court. Kendrick and Harbombe had filed a libel suit against Associated Newspapers and a journalist who published defamatory articles about them due to their position on the effectiveness of statins.

If we can't trust study results, and we can't repeat studies, where do we stand?

Malcolm explains how trials become unblinded, either officially or through indicators in biomarkers.

Malcolm elaborates on the power to manipulate studies when placebos are not benign.

As everyone knows, a placebo is an inactive ‘sugar’ pill. Except when it isn’t. Which is almost always.