Rigor Mortis
How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope, and Wastes Billions
Published on 4. April 2017
288 pages
978-0-465-09791-3 (ISBN)
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An essential book to understanding whether the new miracle cure is good science or simply too good to be true
American taxpayers spend $30 billion annually funding biomedical research, but over half of these studies can't be replicated due to poor experimental design, improper methods, and sloppy statistics. Bad science doesn't just hold back medical progress, it can sign the equivalent of a death sentence for terminal patients. In Rigor Mortis, Richard Harris explores these urgent issues with vivid anecdotes, personal stories, and interviews with the top biomedical researchers. We need to fix our dysfunctional biomedical system -- before it's too late.
American taxpayers spend $30 billion annually funding biomedical research, but over half of these studies can't be replicated due to poor experimental design, improper methods, and sloppy statistics. Bad science doesn't just hold back medical progress, it can sign the equivalent of a death sentence for terminal patients. In Rigor Mortis, Richard Harris explores these urgent issues with vivid anecdotes, personal stories, and interviews with the top biomedical researchers. We need to fix our dysfunctional biomedical system -- before it's too late.
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How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope, and Wastes Billions
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Richard Harris is one of the nation's most celebrated science journalists, covering science, medicine, and the environment for more than thirty years for NPR, and the three-time winner of the AAAS Science Journalism Award. He lives in Washington, DC.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Begley's Bombshell
- Chapter 2 It's Hard Even on the Good Days
- Chapter 3 A Bucket of Cold Water
- Chapter 4 Misled by Mice
- Chapter 5 Trusting the Untrustworthy
- Chapter 6 Jumping to Conclusions
- Chapter 7 Show Your Work
- Chapter 8 A Broken Culture
- Chapter 9 The Challenge of Precision Medicine
- Chapter 10 Inventing a Discipline
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Praise for "Rigor Mortis
- Notes
- Index
