Bad Science (31 page)

London

London, University of

London Homeopathic Hospital

Long, Huey

lumbar puncture

lung cancer

Maastricht, University of

Macfadden, Bernarr

Madsen paper

Magaziner, Howard

magnesium sulfate

magnetism

malaria

Mandela, Nelson

Manhattan

manure

marketing

Mars

mastectomies

Master Cleanse

masturbation

Mbeki, Thabo

McBride, William

McKeith, Gillian

Meadow, Roy

mean

measles;
see also
MMR

media; abortion survey reported in; Brink’s AIDS work reported in; dyslexia cure pushed by; on increased cocaine use; on increasing THC levels; psychiatrists criticized in; relative risk increase in; sidelining of specialist correspondents in; statistics in; thalidomide story and; Wakefield’s MMR theories in

median

Medical Journal of Australia, The

Medical Press

Medical Research Council

Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

Médicins sans Frontières SA

Medline

MedWatch

Melanesian islands

Merck

mercury fillings

mesothelioma

meta-analysis; duplicate publication and; of ondansetron; of placebo effect; of SSRIs

metabolic flowcharts

Methodological Errors in Medical Research
(Andersen)

Microcellular Complexes

Middlesex Hospital

mind, power of

mind-body relationship

Minogue, Kylie

Miracle Superfood
(McKeith)

Mitchel

MMR; evidence on; Leo Blair and; in media

mode

Moerman, Daniel

moisturizing creams

Monkey Sticks

Monsanto

Montgomery paper

Moore, Suzanne

morality

morphine

mosquitoes

Mozambique

multicenter trial

Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial

multiple sclerosis

multivitamin supplements

mumps

mumps orchitis

murder

mustard

naloxone

Namibia

naproxen

National Health Service (NHS)

National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)

Natural Flavanol Antioxidant Milk Chocolate

natural frequencies

Nature

nausea

Nebuchadnezzar, King

needle exchange programs

Neolithic circle healing

Netherlands

neuroscience

neurosis

Neutrilium XY

New Age

New England Journal of Medicine, The

Newsnight

Newsweek

New York Times, The

New Zealand

Nigeria

nitrates

noble myths

nocebo effect

North Karelia Project

Nutrileum complex

nutritionism, nutritionists; cherry-picking by; history of; nonexistent data of; observational data confused by; reductionism of;
see also
antioxidants; McKeith, Gillian; Rath, Matthias

obesity

observational data

Observer, The
(UK)

Old Testament

O’Leary, John

olive oil

Olivieri, Nancy

“On Bullshit” (Frankfurt)

ondansetron

open surgery

opportunity costs

organs; inflammation of; tongue as “window” to

orgasms

osteoarthritis

outcome, exposure and

outliers

oxazepam

Oxford University

oxidation

oxygen; in blood

pacemakers

packaging

pain scores

parenting programs

Parker, Peter

Parkinson’s disease

Pasteur, Louis

patents

patient advocacy groups

Pauling, Linus

Pavlov, Ivan

PCR

Peckham Report

Pediatrics

Peniscope

peroxide

Peto, Richard

phagocytic cells

pharmaceutical industry; antiretrovirals priced by; branding and; dwindling number of new drugs created by; marketing by; patents of; profits of, ix; R & D spending of; studies funded by

Phase I study

Phase II trial

Phase III study

Phillips, Melanie

photosynthesis, ix

Physical Culture

pimples

Pirsig, Robert

placebos, placebo effects, x–xi; for acupuncture; antioxidants vs.; benefits of; color of pills and; comparison of; cultural specificity of; doctors’ beliefs and; ethics and; as explanations; explanations for effect of; homeopathy vs.; lasers and; operations and; packaging and; in Phase III trial; quantitative analyzes of; steroids vs.; as unfashionable;
see also
sugar pills

plasma cholesterol

plastic surgery

Plato

PLOS

Poison in Your Mouth, The
(documentary)

polio

pomegranate juice

Portland, Oreg.

positive evidence

postoperative pains

potatoes, African

Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Press Complaints Commission

prior beliefs

processed foods

prohibition

prosecutor’s fallacy

Prosser, Karen

Prosser, Ryan

prostate

prostitutes

proving

Prozac

psychiatrists

publication bias

Public Health Service, U.S.

PubMed

purging

purification

Purves, Libby

Pusztai, Árpád

p-value

pyroligneous acid

Q2 Energy Spa

Quesalid

quinine

radar

RAF

Ramadan

Rancid Butter

Randi, James

randomization

randomness

ranitidine

Rasnick, David

Rath, Matthias; author sued by; HIV/AIDS views of

Rath Foundation

Reagan, Ronald

Reckoning with Risk
(Gigerenzer)

red-blood cell count

redemption

red meat

reductionism

Regenium XY technology

regression to the mean

relative risk increase

reticular formation

retinal

retinol

Reuters

risk

risk ratio

rites of transition

Roche

RoC Retinol Correxion

rofecoxib

Royal College of General Practitioners

Royal Colleges

Royal Free Hospital

Royal Society

Royal Statistical Society

rubella;
see also
MMR

SABC

salmon DNA

salt

saltwater injections

Salvarsan

sample sizes

Sanofi-Aventis

Savage

Scandinavia

scandium

Schering-Plough

schizophrenia

Schwitzer, Gary

science; confusion over; history of; postmodernist critiques of

Science in the City mp3 lecture series

Science Museum

Scientific American

scientific method

Scolnick, Edward

sedatives

selection bias

Semmelweis, Ignaz

sex

sex supplement pills

shamanism

Shang paper

Shapiro, Ally

sharks

Shattock, Paul

shopping habits

side effects

Significance

skin, hydration of

skunk

sleep habits, of babies

smallpox

Smeeth paper

smoking;
see also
tobacco

Snow, C. P.

Snow, John

social class

social support

Society of Homeopaths

Soho cholera epidemic

solvents

“Sorcerer and His Magic, The” (Lévi-Strauss)

South Africa

Soviet Union

Sphincter

Spiritual Nutrition and the Rainbow Diet
(McKeith)

spleen

Spock, Benjamin

Sports Illustrated

SSRIs

starch

statistical significance

statistics, xii; clustering in; data mining in; doctors’ mistrust of; ecological fallacy in; intuition vs.; in media; poor public understanding of; prosecutor’s fallacy; regression to the mean in; sample sizes in; selection bias in; tricks to play with

Stellenbosch, University of

steroids

stimulants

St. Mary’s Hospital

stress

Stryer

succussion

sudden infant death syndrome

sugar

sugar pills;
see also
placebos, placebo effects

suicide

sun

Sun, The

Sunday Times, The
(London)

Surgeon General

surrogate outcomes

Sweden

Switzerland

symptoms

Syracuse Post-Standard

systematic review

Systematic Reviews

Talking Sense
(Asher)

Tallis, Raymond

Tanzania

teachers

technical words

Teen Talk Barbie

teetotalers

Temple, Jack

Tenseur Peptidique Végétal

terminator seeds

testicular atrophy

Testing Treatments
(Evans, Thornton, and Chalmers)

tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

TGN1412 tests

thalidomide

theoretical advantages

therapeutic relationships

thermal aurical therapy (ear candles)

Thomas paper

Thompson, Elizabeth

Thornton, Hazel

Thoughtful House

Times, The
(London)

tobacco;
see also
smoking

Today

tongue

toothaches

Toronto Hemoglobinopathy Program

toxins;
see also
detox

Tramer, Martin

tranquilizers

transplants

Treatment Action Campaign (TAC)

Treatment for Self-Abuse and Its Effect
(Kellogg)

trials, trial designs; case-control study; case series; cofounding variables in; cohort study; on diets; dropout rates of; hiding side effects in; for homeopathy; in McKeith’s books; methodological flaws in; negative results in; phases of; placebos in; privately funded vs. academic; publication bias in; publishing duplicate forms of; randomization and; Rath’s AIDS theory tested by; tricks of publishing; on Vioxx

trivaricaine

trypanosomiasis

Tshabalala-Msimang, Dr.

turmeric

Tuskegee Syphilis Study

21 Pounds in 21 Days: The Martha’s Vineyard Diet
(DeLuz)

ulcers

ultrasound

UNAIDS

UNICEF

United Nations

United Nations Drug Control Program

United States

University College

urea

urine

vaccines; scares over;
see also
MMR

Valium

Valmont Cellular DNA Complex

van Helmont, Jan Baptista

van Straten, Michael

Vaseline

vegetable protein

vegetables, xii

Victoria, Queen of England

Vietnam War

VIGOR

Village Voice, The

vinyl chloride

violence

Vioxx

viral meningitis

viruses

VitaCell

Vita-Long

vitamin A

vitamin C

vitamin deficiencies

vitamin E

vitamin pills; AIDS and; money and

vitamins

VitaNiacin

Volcanic Memory

Voltaire

vomiting

Vorderman, Carol

“waiting-list-controlled trial,”

Wakefield, Andrew

war on drugs

Washington Post, The

water; “memory” of

Wells, H. G.

Western Cape Province, South Africa

Westminster

“Who Put the Pep in Grandma?,”

Wild Pink

Wilson’s disease

“winning streaks,”

Winterson, Jeanette

wisdom teeth

Wolf, Stewart

Women’s Health Initiative

wood vinegar

World AIDS Conference

World Bank

World Health Organization (WHO)

World in Action

World War II

wrinkles

X-rays

Yom Kippur

York, duchess of

You Are What You Eat
(McKeith)

You Bet Your Life

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
(Pirsig)

Zubieta paper

Zurich, Switzerland