Is Evidence-Based Medicine Only an Illusion? By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Published: February 23, 2013 In a system where half of all clinical trials never see the light of publication, doctors are merely "imagining that we're practicing evidence-based medicine," says Ben Goldacre, MBBS, a British physician and science journalist. Goldacre is among the most vocal critics of drug makers who refuse to hand over complete clinical trial data, making it impossible for doctors and patients to get the full picture on most of the medicines widely used today. He decries the industry's behavior in his new book, Bad Pharma, which in itself is a review of the evidence on evidence review and the stumbling blocks incurred by researchers who try to dig deeper. He'd like to see all of the clinical study reports ever completed brought out of "dry storage archive...and everywhere else that people stack their old, crinkly, yellow paperwork" and made publicly available -- ideally on his new website, AllTrials.net, which recently signed on GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to release every study the company has ever done. During a promotional tour in the U.S., Goldacre answered questions from MedPage Today, in an abbreviated form on camera and in this edited, in-depth Q&A: Continue:[www.medpagetoday.com] https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?10,136897,136897#msg-136897 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 20:48:25 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?10,136897,167135#msg-167135 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?10,136897,167135#msg-167135 alxndr01 GENERAL HEALTH FORUM Thu, 03 Jan 2019 19:55:01 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?10,136897,136952#msg-136952 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?10,136897,136952#msg-136952 Jackie GENERAL HEALTH FORUM Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:11:16 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?10,136897,136921#msg-136921 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?10,136897,136921#msg-136921 james taylor GENERAL HEALTH FORUM Sun, 03 Mar 2013 22:34:36 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?10,136897,136918#msg-136918 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?10,136897,136918#msg-136918 Med Page Today ... the more it gets out there 'in your face' for mainstream reading, the better.

J]]> Jackie GENERAL HEALTH FORUM Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:20:20 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?10,136897,136899#msg-136899 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?10,136897,136899#msg-136899 Evidence-based Medicine: Fact or Fantasy? pulished in the September issue of International Health News [www.yourhealthbase.com]

Hans]]> Hans Larsen GENERAL HEALTH FORUM Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:24:42 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?10,136897,136897#msg-136897 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?10,136897,136897#msg-136897 Is Evidence-Based Medicine Only an Illusion?
By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Published: February 23, 2013

In a system where half of all clinical trials never see the light of publication, doctors are merely "imagining that we're practicing evidence-based medicine," says Ben Goldacre, MBBS, a British physician and science journalist.

Goldacre is among the most vocal critics of drug makers who refuse to hand over complete clinical trial data, making it impossible for doctors and patients to get the full picture on most of the medicines widely used today. He decries the industry's behavior in his new book, Bad Pharma, which in itself is a review of the evidence on evidence review and the stumbling blocks incurred by researchers who try to dig deeper.

He'd like to see all of the clinical study reports ever completed brought out of "dry storage archive...and everywhere else that people stack their old, crinkly, yellow paperwork" and made publicly available -- ideally on his new website, AllTrials.net, which recently signed on GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to release every study the company has ever done.

During a promotional tour in the U.S., Goldacre answered questions from MedPage Today, in an abbreviated form on camera and in this edited, in-depth Q&A:
Continue:[www.medpagetoday.com]]]> Jackie GENERAL HEALTH FORUM Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:31:03 +0000