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Bad Science abortion 250-1 acupuncture 65 Afzal, et al 302, 303 Agent Orange 293 AIDS 162-4, 180, 184-5, 277 alcohol 91-2 alternative therapists 83-4 amino acids 23 Angola 11 anti-arrythmic drugs 200 antibiotics 39 anti-depression drugs 151 anti-oxidants 99-111 Apotex 203 Aqua Detox 2 Archimedes 220 Arnall, Cliff, Dr 209-211 Asher, Richard 73 Asperger Syndrome 284-6 Astel, Karl 218 Australasian College of Health Sciences, Oregon 125 autism 273-314, subsection: 284-6 Aventis 109 Avon lady 8 AZT 93, 163-4 back pain 84 bacteria - growing cultures 264 Baha'I faith 11 Barbie Detox 4 Barbie Liberation Organisation 27 BBC 6, 64-65, 84, 87, 142, 162, 240, 282, 299, 305 Beecher, Henry 64 Berk, Lucia de 257-60, 279 beta-carotene 103-7 bias availability bias 234-5 positive evidence bias 230-1 prior belief bias 232-3 socialiInfluence 235-8 selection bias 250 ecological fallacy 255 prosecutor's fallacy 255 Bingham, Professor Sheila 240 BioCare 109, 165, 179 bioenergetic field 5 Blackwell 68 Blair, Leo 286-9 Boiron 59 Bonferroni's correction for multiple comparisons 249 Boycott, Rosie 243 Bradford-Hill, Austin 94 Brain Gym ix, 13-20 Branthwaite & Cooper 69 British Alzheimer Society 206 British Doctors Study 217-8 British Medical journal 57, 136, 167, 183, 312 Broca, Paul 145 brown goo 2-8 Buddhism 11 Buhalis, Dimitrios 210 Bustin, Stephen, Professor 302 CAM 59, 63, 234 Cambridge University 214 Camp Dorkbot 175 Campbell 51 cancer 86, 93-4, 102-3, 105-7, 240, 306 cannabis 243-6 Caplin, Carole 286-9 Caplin, Sylvia 287 Cardiff University 209-211 cargo cult science 121 carotid arteries 14, 20 causality 94 CBS News 162 Chadwick, Nick 282-3 Chagas disease 187 Chalmers, Ian 159 Chandra, RK, Dr 167 Channel 4 9, 142, 282 Channel 5 177 ChemSol 265-6 chlorophyll 116-7, 121 cholera 105 cholesterol 239-42 Choxi+ 110 Cimetidine 81 cinchona bark 29-30 Clarion PR 214-6 Clark, Sally 254-7 Clark, Susan 156 Claude, Levi-Strauss 77 Clayton College of Natural Health 123 clinical trials 42-59 Randomisation 47-50 Jadad score 52-54 Meta-analysis 54-55, 66 Clinton, Bill 66 Clomicalm 204 cocaine 246-50 Cochrane Collaboration 55, 106-7, 159, 295, 298, 307 Colquhoun, David, Professor 173 Combat Antimicrobial Hospital Pack 266 Cooper, Gary, Professor 210 cosmetics 21-27 cot death, 108 see also sudden infant death syndrome Covabeads 22 CP Snow ix CRASH trial 182 Curry, Oliver, Dr 211-4 Curtin, Lilian 72 Daniel 1:1-16 42 data cherry picking results 97-9, 107 confounding variables 90 does it exist? 88 funnel plot 197 Davies, Nick 211 death penalty 232 Declaration of Helsinki 66 Deer, Brian 280 Deferipone 203 Denmark 297-8 Department of Health 158, 166 detox 10-11 detox patches 8 developing world 187-8 diet 87, 130-2 Diprobase 25 DNA 101 DNA evidence in court 256 Doll, Richard 217-8 Dowden, Angela 89-90 drug companies 94 drug trials 186-206 D'Souza, et al 303, 304 Duchess of York 287 Dunning, David 268 duplicate publication 202 Durham Council 136-60 Durham Trials 136-60 Dyslexia 315 ear candles 6 eclampsia 187-8 Bad Science Ecletech 125 Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 290, 294 eczema 158 Edison, Thomas 139 Efron, Nathan, Dr 210 Elder Pharmaceuticals 109, 165 Emerald Detox 4 Equazen 141, 143, 146-7, 157 essential fatty acids 144 Ethics Committee 281 evolutionary theory 212 Eye-Q supplement 141, 144, 157 Ezetimibe 204 FDA 198, 202 Female sexual disfunction 153 Feynman, Richard 97, 121, 257 Field, Tony 266 fish oil 136-160, 172 Fitzpatrick, Mike, Dr 285-6 flax seeds 133-4 Food for the Brain Foundation 173 food supplements 105 Forbes, Sir John 36 Ford, Dave 141, 142, 149 Forensic Science Service 243 formulas for everything 209 Foster, Peter 286 Fox News 214 Frankfurt, Professor Harry 88-9 Fraser, Lorraine 294 free radicals 101 galenica 157 Garrow, John 125-8 GCSE 140, 160 gem therapy 72 General Medical Council 280, 303 Gibson 51 Gilovich, Thomas 227 Gillian McKeith PHD 112-135, 223, 273 Global Forum for Health Research 187 GM food 222, 290, 291 GMTV 142 Google 124 Gould, Stephen Jay 236 GP Research Database 296 GP's 76, 250 Gracely 74 Graham, Sylvester 113 Gray, Muir 99 Grazia Magazine 156 Great Ormond Street Hospital 281 Greenhalgh, Professor 188 Grunenthal 269 Gryll & Katahn 73 H2O2 25 Hadacol 114-5 Hahneman, Samuel 29 Hawthorne effect 139 Health Products for Life 175 heart attack 239-42 heart surgery 217 Helmont, John Baptista van 48 Hepatitis B 275, 277 Herceptin 205 hiding harm 199 Higher Nature pills 165, 174 Hildebrandt 48 Hill, Austin Bradford 217-8 Hinduism 11 HIV 203, 252-4 Holford, Patrick 93, 109, 156, 161-180 Homeopathy 28-62, 67, 82, 171, 228, 293, 316 angry homeopaths 61-62 Boiron 59 Boots the Chemist 32 clinical trials 42-59 dilution 33 Forbes, Sir John 36 James Randi 35 memory of water 34-36 placebo 58 Press Complaints Commission 36, 61 'proving' 31 Thompson, Dr Elizabeth 60-61 what is homeopathy? 29 'succussion' 29-30 Hopi ear candles 6 Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) 108 horny goat weed 114, 122 Horrobin, David 157-9 House of Lords 171 hydrobase 21 hydrogen peroxide 25 Hydrolysed X-microprotein nutricomplexes 23 Hygiene Hypothesis in MS 222 I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that 96,100, 105 Ibuprofen, see also Nurofen 241 Institute for Optimum Nutrition 161, 174, 177 Institute of Medicine 295 Ionnidis, John 219 IQ 166, 221, 305 Islam 11 ITV 142, 162, 175, 291 Jadad score 52-54 Jainism 11 Jamal, Dr Goran 158 Jariwalla, Dr Raxit 163-4 Jenner, Edward 276 Johnson, Alan 72 Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 16 Journal of Medical Virology 302 Jurin, James 275 "Just Say No" 246 Kano, Nigeria 265 Kawashima Paper and MMR 283, 301 Kelliher, Adam 143 Kelliher, Catehrine (nee Horrobin) 159 Kellog, John Harvey 113 kidney dialysis 217 Knightley, Philip 270 Knipschild, Paul 97-8 Kocher, Theodore 64 Krigsman, Arthur, Dr 222, 299, 301, 304 Kruger, Justin 268 Laboratory of the Government Chemist 243 Lancet - see The Lancet 56, 80 Laryngoscope Medical Journal 6 Lawson, Nigella 290 LeBlanc, Dudley J 114-5 Lee-Potter, Lynda 290 Leicester University 263 Lewis, Dr David 210 life expectancy 132, 309 Liverpool John Moores 210 Lombroso, Cesare 145 London - MMR vaccination rate 306 London Homeopathic Hospital 83 London School of Economics 211-2 Long, Huey 115 Loratadine 185 lumbar puncture 281 lung cancer 218 Bad Science MacFadden, Bernard 114 Magaziner, Howard 127 Malysewicz, Dr Christopher 262-72 manufacturing doubt 109 Marx Brothers 115 McBride, William 270 McKeith, Dr Gillian 112-135, 223, 273 Meadown, Roy, Sir 254-7 measles 308, 310, 316 Medical Journal of Australia 306 Medical Research Council 296, 299 medicalisation of social problems 84, 152-4, 207 meningiitis 309 Merck 201-2, 204, 293 mercury fillings 305 metabolism 10 me-too drugs 185 MHRA 114, 122 microcellular complexes 26 Minogue, Kylie 306 MMR 84, 92, 222-3, 234, 267, 289, 270-314, 318, 319 Moerman, Daniel 66-7, 80-1, moisturiser - how to make at home 22 Monsanto 293 Montgomery & Kirsch 70 Moore, Suzanne 290 morphine 216 Mozambique 11 MRC Centre for Nutrition in Cancer Epidemiology 240 MRSA 261-272 Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial 130 multiple sclerosis 222 mumps 308-9, 311-3 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence 182, 205 Nature Journal 103-4 Nazis 218 Neuroscience, use as persuasion 17 New England Journal of Medicine 198, 201, 202, 307 New York School of Medicine 299 New York Times 307 Newsweek 115 NHS 295, 313, 317 North Karelia Project 131 Nurofen, see also Ibuprofen Nutrileum Complex 69, 82 22, 26 placebo effct, cont. route of administration 69 sham ultrasound 70 sugar pill 78 tying arteries 71 Trivaricaine 70 Plato 18 polio 217, 277 Portwood, Madeleine Dr 141, 143, 146-7, 149 Press Complaints Commission 36, 61, 179, 320 primrose oil 158 Prince Charles 84, 250 productivity and light levels 139 Progenium XY Complex 21-27 Prosser, Karen 314 psychiatric patients and violence 252-4 publication bias 195, 200 PubMed 301 Purba, MB 90 Purves, Libby 290 Pusztai, Dr Arpad 222, 266, 291 pyroligneous acid 8 Qlink pendant 175-6 Quesalid 77 Radio Times 116 Randi, James 35, 258 Randomness 226 Reagan, Ronald 246 Regenium XY technology 22 regression to the mean 38-40, 228 Reid, John 266 Reuters 304 Richard and Judy 208 risk - relative & absolute 240 RNA 301-4 RoC Retinol Correxion 22 Roche 109 Royal Air Force 106 Royal College of General Practioners 283 Royal Free Hospital 277, 279, 289 Royal Pharmaceutal Society 157 Royal Society 241, 300 Rubella 280, 309 Russell Group 214 Sainsburys 110 Savage 51 Schering-Plough 185, 204 Schwitzer, Gary 307 Nutritionists 86-111, 161 alcohol 91-2 Gillian McKeith 112-35 Holford, Patrick 93, 161-180 laboratory research 93-6 olive oil 92 wrinkly skin 92 O'Leary 301, 304 Oliver, Jamie 151 Olivieri, Nancy 203 Omega 3 & 6 133-4, 136-60 Ondansetron 199 open trial 140 Optimum Nutrition Bible 162-180 oxidation, efficient relaxed functioning 15 pancreatitis 309 Parkinson's disease 79 Patrick Holford 93, 109, 156, 161-180 Pauling, Linus 97-8 Pavlov's dog 79-80 Peckham Report 308 peer review 221 Penicillin 66 Peniscope 114 Peto, Richard 103, 105 Pharmaceutical Industry 183-206 Philips, Melanie 298 Picardie, Justine 294 pill solves complex social problem 152 Pinsent 51 Pirsig, Robert 225 Placebo effect 18, 31, 37-38, 58, 63-85, 106, 138, 150, 189, 319 animals 80 angina 71 different colours of pill 68 explanations of 75 ethical placebo 83-5 exercise 72 gem therapy 72 headache 69 London Homeopathic Hospital 83 pacemakers 72 Parkinson's disease 79 Bad Science science in the media 207-224 Scientific American 276, 313 Scientific Method 225 Scolnick, Edward 202 Scottish Herald 122 shamanism 77 Shang 56, 57 Shattock, Paul, Dr 299 skunk, see also cannabis 243 Sky News 162 smallpox - anti-vaccine movement 275 Smeeth 296-7 Smith, Dr Richard 167 Snow, John 105 social anxiety disorder 153 Soil Association 112 Spock, Dr Benjamin 108 Sports Illustrated jinx 39 SSRI antidepressants 190, 198, 202 St Mary's Hospital 5 stastics 239-260, 308 statistical analysis 192-3 sterility 309, 312 Stevenson, Paul, Dr 210 Straten, Michael van 87-8, 93-4 struck by lightning 258 Stryer (textbook) 100 succussion 29 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) 254-7 Summerbell, Carolyn, Dr 172 surrogate outcome 95 Sykes, Kathy 64 Tasmanian Aboriginals 213 Teen Talk Barbie 27 Temple, Jack 286-7 Tenseur Peptidique Vegetal 22, 23, 26 Thalidomide 269 THC (Tetrahydrocannibol), see also cannabis 243 The Daily Express 93, 142 The Daily Mail 86, 110, 136, 141, 149, 175, 209, 210, 241, 282, 287, 294, 298 The Daily Mirror 2, 89-90, 142, 143, 241, 246, 263 The Daily Telegraph 2, 110, 178, 209, 210, 213, 214, 215, 246, 250, 252, 288, 294, 300, 301 The Evening Standard 241, 267 the finger that 'grew back' 315 The Guardian 124, 141, 148, 179, 282 The Independent 41, 209, 242-6, 282 The Independent on Sunday 164 The Lancet 56, 80, 169, 174, 270, 277, 280, 301 The Media 320 The Metro 213 The News of the World 263 The Observer 141, 156 The Royal Colleges 295 The Scotsman 213 The Sun 124, 142, 213, 263, 282 The Sunday Mirror 266, 267 The Sunday Times 2, 156, 164, 270, 280 The Times 24, 82, 142, 175, 222-3, 246, 288, 301 Thiomersal 275 Thompson, Dr Elizabeth 60-61 Tonight with Trevor MacDonald 162 Tony Blair 275, 292 toxins 2-3 Toys'R'Us 265 Tramer, Martin 199 Trivaricaine 70 trypanosomiasis 187 tuberculosis 216 turmeric 93, 96 Tuskegee Syphilis Study 66 United Nations Drug Control Program 243 University of Bedfordshire 178 University of Cambridge 240 University of Luton 177 University of Surrey 210 University of Teeside 162, 169, 170 vaccine - MMR 270-314 Valmont Cellular DNA Complex 24 Vaseline 21 Veet Hair Removal Cream 214 Viagra 153 Victoria Health 156 VIGOR trial 201 Vioxx 201-2, 293 Vita-Long 115 vitamins vitamin A 22, 106 vitamin B 166 vitamins, cont. vitamin C vitamin E vitamin industry vita-niacin Voltaire Vorderman, Carol Wakefield, Andrew 223, 273, 279-82, 289, 293-4, 299, 300, 314, 318 Warwick, Kevin, Dr 208 water Absorption into brain 13 water Memory of 34-36 Weber, Richard, Professor 214-5 Wells, HG 212, 242 Westminister - MMR vaccination rate 306 wild pink yam 114,122 Wilson, Dr Peter 264 winning streaks 227 Winston, Sir Robert 142 Winterson, Jeanette 82 Wolf, Dr Stewart 78-9 Wolpert, Professor Lewis 220 Women's Health Initiative 130 Women's Own 142 World Bank 11 World Health Organisation 188, 276-7 WPP 216 Yellow Card system 186, 270 Yom Kippur 11 Zammo 246 Zig-Zag Production Company 64 Zubieta 79 22, 93, 97-8, 134, 163-4, 166-8, 180 104-7, 169 109 22 38 290 This is the unofficial index to Bad Science by Ben Goldacre. 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