The rising tide keeps rising against the House of Research.
As reported by numerous news outlets today, another study has come down the pike, this time in the respected journal Cancer. “Breast cancer treatment trials that are funded by drug companies are more likely …
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Ugh. I see that the sarahparkin.com site has reared its ugly head — the site plagiarizes my posts and posts from other blogs without giving any attribution. The words above are actually from my site. Fantastic post on your part — I wish more physicians were aware of the shaky foundations of the so-called evidence bas upon which they practice.
It seems like you’ve given up on research entirely. But keep in mind that
“…a Little Replication Goes a Long Way…”
Moonesinghe R, Khoury MJ, Janssens ACJW (2007). Most Published Research Findings Are False—But a Little Replication Goes a Long Way. PLoS Medicine.
“Embrace that research is fundamentally a subjective, human process designed to try and arrive at objective, scientific findings…..
we need to do a better job of understanding individual studies, placing them into their proper context, and moving on.”
….. and ….. embrace that sometimes research or its representation is frankly fraudulent, and not all designed to reach any sort of objective truth.
Aubrey