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SUMMARY:Risk: Science and the Media - Dr Ben Goldacre\, The Guardian
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CONTACT:Janet Gibson
DESCRIPTION:Biography\n\nBen Goldacre is a doctor and writer who examines 
 the real evidence behind the claims of quacks\, journalists\, the pharmace
 utical industry\, and dodgy government reports. He has written the Bad Sci
 ence column in the Guardian since 2003\, made 5 documentaries on BBC Radio
  4\, and appears regularly on radio and TV. His book Bad Science has sold 
 over 150\,000 copies in the UK and is available in 17 languages.\n\nAbstra
 ct\n\n\nWe are barraged with risk information through the media\, through 
 claims about cancer\, magic vegetables\, new drugs\, dangerous activities\
 , lifesaving medical miracles\, murderous vaccines\, and more. How much of
  this information is evidence based? How do distortions creep in? And what
  can be done about it?
LOCATION:LMH\, Lady Mitchell Hall
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