{"id":989,"date":"2023-06-03T14:47:24","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T12:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/?p=989"},"modified":"2024-06-10T15:57:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T13:57:26","slug":"modern-medical-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/?p=989","title":{"rendered":"Modern medical myths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have recently published a series of articles exposing how the arrogance of the medical fraternity caused deaths in the 19th century<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_989_1('footnote_plugin_reference_989_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_989_1('footnote_plugin_reference_989_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_989_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_989_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/?p=978\">Smallpox<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_989_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_989_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_989_1('footnote_plugin_reference_989_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_989_1('footnote_plugin_reference_989_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_989_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_989_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/?p=982\">How medical arrogance kills<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_989_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_989_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_989_1('footnote_plugin_reference_989_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_989_1('footnote_plugin_reference_989_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_989_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_989_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/?p=985\">John Snow and Cholera<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_989_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_989_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. Reading the articles, many people may think that today we have modern science making sure that these episodes are so much history. It&#8217;s not history.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Goldacre, is an award-winning writer and broadcaster, and was trained in medicine at Oxford and London, a former physician\u00a0and now works full time as an academic<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_989_1('footnote_plugin_reference_989_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_989_1('footnote_plugin_reference_989_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_989_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_989_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedmed.com\/speakers\/show?id=6592\">Ben Goldacre<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_989_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_989_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. Among his books is an expose on the pharmaceutical industry that should be required reading for every doctor, and politician.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The results of drug trials are manipulated to produce the false impression that drugs work, when they do not, or that they work better than existing drugs, when they do not, and that there are minimal side effects, when in fact, some of the side effects are fatal.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Ben Goldacre as he addresses the issue of publication bias, then read his book<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_989_1('footnote_plugin_reference_989_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_989_1('footnote_plugin_reference_989_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_989_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_989_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bad-Pharma-Companies-Mislead-Patients-ebook\/dp\/B008RLTUUA\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2JYTPBEIT0VS3&amp;keywords=bad+pharma+ben+goldacre&amp;qid=1685795173&amp;sprefix=bad+pharma%2Caps%2C173&amp;sr=8-1\">Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_989_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_989_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What doctors don&#039;t know about the drugs they prescribe | Ben Goldacre\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RKmxL8VYy0M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_989_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_989_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_989_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_989_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_989_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_989_1_1');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_989_1_1\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/?p=978\">Smallpox<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_989_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_989_1_2');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_989_1_2\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/?p=982\">How medical arrogance kills<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_989_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_989_1_3');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_989_1_3\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrvhealth.org\/blog\/?p=985\">John Snow and Cholera<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_989_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_989_1_4');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_989_1_4\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tedmed.com\/speakers\/show?id=6592\">Ben Goldacre<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_989_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_989_1_5');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_989_1_5\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>5<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bad-Pharma-Companies-Mislead-Patients-ebook\/dp\/B008RLTUUA\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2JYTPBEIT0VS3&amp;keywords=bad+pharma+ben+goldacre&amp;qid=1685795173&amp;sprefix=bad+pharma%2Caps%2C173&amp;sr=8-1\">Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function footnote_expand_reference_container_989_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_989_1').show(); 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