Bad Science

CONTENTS

Introduction

1 Matter

2 Brain Gym

3 The Progenium XY Complex

4 Homeopathy

5 The Placebo Effect

6 The Nonsense du Jour

7 Dr Gillian McKeith PhD

8 ‘Pill Solves Complex Social Problem’

9 Professor Patrick Holford

10 Is Mainstream Medicine Evil?

11 How the Media Promote the Public Misunderstanding of Science

12 Why Clever People Believe Stupid Things

13 Bad Stats

14 Health Scares

15 The Media’s MMR Hoax

And Another Thing

Further Reading and Acknowledgements

Notes

About the Author

Copyright

About the Publisher