Risk Calculators Questioned
Over the years there have been many risk calculators for cardiovascular disease. Which of them works best? The answer is… none of them.
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.
On February 27th, BSI Co-Founder and CEO Emily Kaplan was interviewed by Dr. Ken Berry. During the livestream, the two […]
Breaking down composite endpoints to their component parts.
Explaining how a clinical trial can report success – when there is none.
In February of 2023 Dr. Kendrick spoke at BSI’s event in Phoenix, AZ. Malcom’s presentation recaps the history of the diet-heart hypothesis, the supposed link between cholesterol and cardiovascular death, and how drug companies have fooled doctors into prescribing medications that are harming patients rather than helping them.