Bad Science: the missing index

Bad Science by Ben Goldacre is probably the finest book published last year. But it has one big flaw – no index. There’s a vast amount of information in it, but without an index it’s obviusly very difficult to look anything specific up.

Therefore I have created an unofficial index for it. See below for the online searchable version.

I have also created a Word doc version which is better formatted and will fit in the book! Download it here

See bottom of post for caveats and so forth.

BAD SCIENCE – index

abortion 250-1

acupuncture 65

Afzal, et al 302, 303

Agent Orange 293

AIDS 162-4, 180, 184-5, 277

alcohol 91-2

alternative therapists 83-4

amino acids 23

Angola 11

anti-arrythmic drugs 200

antibiotics 39

anti-depression drugs 151

anti-oxidants 99-111

Apotex 203

Aqua Detox 2

Archimedes 220

Arnall, Cliff, Dr 209-211

Asher, Richard 73

Asperger Syndrome 284-6

Astel, Karl 218

Australasian College of Health Sciences, Oregon 125

autism 273-314, 284-6 (subsection)

Aventis 109

Avon lady 8

AZT 93, 163-4

back pain 84

bacteria – growing cultures 264

Baha’I faith 11

Barbie Detox 4

Barbie Liberation Organisation 27

BBC 6, 64-65, 84, 87, 142, 162, 240, 282, 299, 305

Beecher, Henry 64

Berk, Lucia de 257-60, 279

beta-carotene 103-7

bias

.availability bias 234-5

.positive evidence bias 230-1

.prior belief bias 232-3

.social influence 235-8

.selection bias 250

.ecological fallacy 255

.prosecutor’s fallacy 255

Bingham, Professor Sheila 240

BioCare 109, 165, 179

bioenergetic field 5

Blackwell 68

Blair, Leo 286-9

Boiron 59

Bonferroni’s correction for multiple comparisons 249

Boycott, Rosie 243

Bradford-Hill, Austin 94

Brain Gym ix, 13-20

Branthwaite & Cooper 69

British Alzheimer Society 206

British Doctors Study 217-8

British Medical journal 57, 136, 167, 183, 312

Broca, Paul 145

brown goo 2-8

Buddhism 11

Buhalis, Dimitrios 210

Bustin, Stephen, Professor 302

CAM 59, 63, 234

Cambridge University 214

Camp Dorkbot 175

Campbell 51

cancer 86, 93-4, 102-3, 105-7, 240, 306

cannabis 243-6

Caplin, Carole 286-9

Caplin, Sylvia 287

Cardiff University 209-211

cargo cult science 121

carotid arteries 14, 20

causality 94

CBS News 162

Chadwick, Nick 282-3

Chagas disease 187

Chalmers, Ian 159

Chandra, RK, Dr 167

Channel 4 9, 142, 282

Channel 5 177

ChemSol 265-6

chlorophyll 116-7, 121

cholera 105

cholesterol 239-42

Choxi+ 110

Cimetidine 81

cinchona bark 29-30

Clarion PR 214-6

Clark, Sally 254-7

Clark, Susan 156

Claude, Levi-Strauss 77

Clayton College of Natural Health 123

clinical trials 42-59

.randomisation 47-50

.Jadad score 52-54

.meta-analysis 54-55, 66

Clinton, Bill 66

Clomicalm 204

cocaine 246-50

Cochrane Collaboration 55, 106-7, 159, 295, 298, 307

Colquhoun, David, Professor 173

Combat Antimicrobial Hospital Pack 266

Cooper, Gary, Professor 210

cosmetics 21-27

cot death, see also: sudden infant death syndrome 108

Covabeads 22

CP Snow ix

CRASH trial 182

Curry, Oliver, Dr 211-4

Curtin, Lilian 72

Daniel 1:1-16 42

data

.cherry picking results 97-9, 107

.confounding variables 90

.does it exist? 88

.funnel plot 197

Davies, Nick 211

death penalty 232

Declaration of Helsinki 66

Deer, Brian 280

Deferipone 203

Denmark 297-8

Department of Health 158, 166

detox 10-11

detox patches 8

developing world 187-8

diet 87, 130-2

Diprobase 25

DNA 101

DNA evidence in court 256

Doll, Richard 217-8

Dowden, Angela 89-90

drug companies 94

drug trials 186-206

D’Souza, et al 303, 304

Duchess of York 287

Dunning, David 268

duplicate publication 202

Durham Council 136-160

Durham Trials 136-60

dyslexia 315

ear candles 6

eclampsia 187-8

Ecletech 125

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 290, 294

eczema 158

Edison, Thomas 139

Efron, Nathan, Dr 210

Elder Pharmaceuticals 109, 165

Emerald Detox 4

Equazen 141, 143, 146-7, 157

essential fatty acids 144

Ethics Committee 281

evolutionary theory 212

Eye-Q supplement 141, 144, 157

Ezetimibe 204

FDA 198, 202

Female sexual disfunction 153

Feynman, Richard 97, 121, 257

Field, Tony 266

finger that ‘grew back’ 315

fish oil 136-160, 172

Fitzpatrick, Mike, Dr 285-6

flax seeds 133-4

Food for the Brain Foundation 173

food supplements 105

Forbes, Sir John 36

Ford, Dave 141, 142, 149

Forensic Science Service 243

formulas for everything 209

Foster, Peter 286

Fox News 214

Frankfurt, Professor Harry 88-9

Fraser, Lorraine 294

free radicals 101

galenica 157

Garrow, John 125-8

GCSE 140, 160

gem therapy 72

General Medical Council 280, 303

Gibson 51

Gilovich, Thomas 227

Global Forum for Health Research 187

GM food 222, 290, 291

GMTV 142

Google 124

Gould, Stephen Jay 236

GP Research Database 296

GP’s 76, 250

Gracely 74

Graham, Sylvester 113

Gray, Muir 99

Grazia Magazine 156

Great Ormond Street Hospital 281

Greenhalgh, Professor 188

Grunenthal 269

Gryll & Katahn 73

H2O2 25

Hadacol 114-5

Hahneman, Samuel 29

Hawthorne effect 139

Health Products for Life 175

heart attack 239-42

heart surgery 217

Helmont, John Baptista van 48

Hepatitis B 275, 277

Herceptin 205

hiding harm 199

Higher Nature pills 165, 174

Hildebrandt 48

Hill, Austin Bradford 217-8

Hinduism 11

HIV 203, 252-4

Holford, Patrick 93, 109, 156, 161-180

Homeopathy 28-62, 67, 82, 171, 228, 293, 316

.angry homeopaths 61-62

.Boiron 59

.Boots the Chemist 32

.clinical trials 42-59

.dilution 33

.Forbes, Sir John 36

.James Randi 35

.memory of water 34-36

.placebo 58

.Press Complaints Commission 36, 61

.’proving’ 31

.’succussion’ 29-30

.Thompson, Dr Elizabeth 60-61

.what is homeopathy? 29

Hopi ear candles 6

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) 108

horny goat weed 114, 122

Horrobin, David 157-9

House of Lords 171

hydrobase 21

hydrogen peroxide 25

Hydrolysed X-microprotein nutricomplexes 23

Hygiene Hypothesis in MS 222

I think you’ll find it’s a bit more complicated than that 96,100, 105

Ibuprofen, see also Nurofen 241

Institute for Optimum Nutrition 161, 174, 177

Institute of Medicine 295

Ionnidis, John 219

IQ 166, 221, 305

Islam 11

ITV 142, 162, 175, 291

Jadad score 52-54

Jainism 11

Jamal, Dr Goran 158

Jariwalla, Dr Raxit 163-4

Jenner, Edward 276

Johnson, Alan 72

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 16

Journal of Medical Virology 302

Jurin, James 275

“Just Say No” 246

Kano, Nigeria 265

Kawashima Paper and MMR 283, 301

Kelliher, Adam 143

Kelliher, Catehrine (nee Horrobin) 159

Kellog, John Harvey 113

kidney dialysis 217

Knightley, Philip 270

Knipschild, Paul 97-8

Kocher, Theodore 64

Krigsman, Arthur, Dr 222, 299, 301, 304

Kruger, Justin 268

Laboratory of the Government Chemist 243

Lancet – see The Lancet 56, 80

Laryngoscope Medical Journal 6

Lawson, Nigella 290

LeBlanc, Dudley J 114-5

Lee-Potter, Lynda 290

Leicester University 263

Lewis, Dr David 210

life expectancy 132, 309

Liverpool John Moores 210

Lombroso, Cesare 145

London – MMR vaccination rate 306

London Homeopathic Hospital 83

London School of Economics 211-2

Long, Huey 115

Loratadine 185

lumbar puncture 281

lung cancer 218

MacFadden, Bernard 114

Magaziner, Howard 127

Malysewicz, Dr Christopher 262-72

manufacturing doubt 109

Marx Brothers 115

McBride, William 270

McKeith, Gillian, Dr, PhD 112-135, 223, 273

Meadown, Roy, Sir 254-7

measles 308, 310, 316

Medical Journal of Australia 306

Medical Research Council 296, 299

medicalisation of social problems 84, 152-4, 207

meningiitis 309

Merck 201-2, 204, 293

mercury fillings 305

metabolism 10

me-too drugs 185

MHRA 114, 122

microcellular complexes 26

Minogue, Kylie 306

MMR 84,92, 222-3, 234, 267, 289, 270-314, 318, 319

Moerman, Daniel 66-7, 80-1,

moisturiser – how to make at home 22

Monsanto 293

Montgomery & Kirsch 70

Moore, Suzanne 290

morphine 216

Mozambique 11

MRC Centre for Nutrition in Cancer Epidemiology 240

MRSA 261-272

Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial 130

multiple sclerosis 222

mumps 308-9, 311-3

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence 182, 205

Nature Journal 103-4

Nazis 218

Neuroscience, use as persuasion 17

New England Journal of Medicine 198, 201, 202, 307

New York School of Medicine 299

New York Times 307

Newsweek 115

NHS 295, 313, 317

North Karelia Project 131

Nurofen, see also Ibuprofen 69, 82

Nutrileum Complex 22, 26

Nutritionists 86-111, 161

.alcohol 91-2

.Holford, Patrick 93, 161-180

.laboratory research 93-6

.McKeith, Gillian 112-35

.olive oil 92

.wrinkly skin 92

O’Leary 301, 304

Oliver, Jamie 151

Olivieri, Nancy 203

Omega 3 & 6 133-4, 136-60

Ondansetron 199

open trial 140

Optimum Nutrition Bible 162-180

oxidation, efficient relaxed functioning 15

pancreatitis 309

Parkinson’s disease 79

Pauling, Linus 97-8

Pavlov’s dog 79-80

Peckham Report 308

peer review 221

Penicillin 66

Peniscope 114

Peto, Richard 103, 105

Pharmaceutical Industry 183-206

Philips, Melanie 298

Picardie, Justine 294

pill solves complex social problem 152

Pinsent 51

Pirsig, Robert 225

Placebo effect 18, 31, 37-38, 58, 63-85, 106, 138, 150, 189, 319

.animals 80

.angina 71

.different colours of pill 68

.explanations of 75

.ethical placebo 83-5

.exercise 72

.gem therapy 72

.headache 69

.London Homeopathic Hospital 83

.pacemakers 72

.Parkinson’s disease 79

.route of administration 69

.sham ultrasound 70

.sugar pill 78

.tying arteries 71

.Trivaricaine 70

Plato 18

polio 217, 277

Portwood, Madeleine Dr 141, 143, 146-7, 149

Press Complaints Commission 36, 61, 179, 320

primrose oil 158

Prince Charles 84, 250

productivity and light levels 139

Progenium XY Complex 21-27

Prosser, Karen 314

psychiatric patients and violence 252-4

publication bias 195, 200

PubMed 301

Purba, MB 90

Purves, Libby 290

Pusztai, Dr Arpad 222, 266, 291

pyroligneous acid 8

Qlink pendant 175-6

Quesalid 77

Radio Times 116

Randi, James 35, 258

Randomness 226

Reagan, Ronald 246

Regenium XY technology 22

regression to the mean 38-40, 228

Reid, John 266

Reuters 304

Richard and Judy 208

risk – relative & absolute 240

RNA 301-4

RoC Retinol Correxion 22

Roche 109

Royal Air Force 106

Royal Colleges 295

Royal College of General Practioners 283

Royal Free Hospital 277, 279, 289

Royal Pharmaceutal Society 157

Royal Society 241, 300

Rubella 280, 309

Russell Group 214

Sainsburys 110

Savage 51

Schering-Plough 185, 204

Schwitzer, Gary 307

Science in the media 207-224

Scientific American 276, 313

Scientific Method 225

Scolnick, Edward 202

Scottish Herald 122

shamanism 77

Shang 56,57

Shattock, Paul, Dr 299

skunk, see also cannabis 243

Sky News 162

smallpox – anti-vaccine movement 275

Smeeth 296-7

Smith, Dr Richard 167

Snow, John 105

social anxiety disorder 153

Soil Association 112

Spock, Dr Benjamin 108

Sports Illustrated jinx 39

SSRI antidepressants 190, 198, 202

St Mary’s Hospital 5

stastics 239-260, 308

statistical analysis 192-3

sterility 309, 312

Stevenson, Paul, Dr 210

Straten, Michael van 87-8, 93-4

struck by lightning 258

Stryer (textbook) 100

succussion 29

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) 254-7

Summerbell, Carolyn, Dr 172

surrogate outcome 95

Sykes, Kathy 64

Tasmanian Aboriginals 213

Teen Talk Barbie 27

Temple, Jack 286-7

Tenseur Peptidique Vegetal 22, 23, 26

Thalidomide 269

THC (Tetrahydrocannibol), see also cannabis 243

The Daily Express 93, 142

The Daily Mail 86, 110, 136, 141, 149, 175, 209, 210, 241, 282, 287, 294, 298

The Daily Mirror 2, 89-90, 142, 143, 241, 246, 263

The Daily Telegraph 2, 110, 178, 209, 210, 213, 214, 215, 246, 250, 252, 288, 294, 300, 301

The Evening Standard 241, 267

The Guardian 124, 141, 148, 179, 282

The Independent 41, 209, 242-6, 282

The Independent on Sunday 164

The Lancet 56, 80, 169, 174, 270, 277, 280, 301

The Media 320

The Metro 213

The News of the World 263

The Observer 141, 156

The Scotsman213

The Sun 124, 142, 213, 263, 282

The Sunday Mirror 266, 267

The Sunday Times 2, 156, 164, 270, 280

The Times 24, 82, 142, 175, 222-3, 246, 288, 301

Thiomersal 275

Thompson, Dr Elizabeth 60-61

Tonight with Trevor MacDonald 162

Tony Blair 275, 292

toxins 2-3

Toys’R’Us 265

Tramer, Martin 199

Trivaricaine 70

trypanosomiasis 187

tuberculosis 216

turmeric 93, 96

Tuskegee Syphilis Study 66

United Nations Drug Control Program 243

University of Bedfordshire 178

University of Cambridge 240

University of Luton 177

University of Surrey 210

University of Teeside 162, 169, 170

vaccine – MMR 270-314

Valmont Cellular DNA Complex 24

Vaseline 21

Veet Hair Removal Cream 214

Viagra 153

Victoria Health 156

VIGOR trial 201

Vioxx 201-2, 293

Vita-Long 115

vitamins

.vitamin A 22, 106

.vitamin B 166

.vvitamin C 22, 93, 97-8, 134, 163-4, 166-8, 180

.vitamin E 104-7, 169

.vitamin industry 109

vita-niacin 22

Voltaire 38

Vorderman, Carol 290

Wakefield, Andrew 223, 273, 279-82, 289, 293-4, 299, 300, 314, 318

Warwick, Kevin, Dr 208

water Absorption into brain 13

water Memory of 34-36

Weber, Richard, Professor 214-5

Wells, HG 212, 242

Westminister – MMR vaccination rate 306

wild pink yam 114,122

Wilson, Dr Peter 264

winning streaks 227

Winston, Sir Robert 142

Winterson, Jeanette 82

Wolf, Dr Stewart 78-9

Wolpert, Professor Lewis 220

Women’s Health Initiative 130

Women’s Own 142

World Bank 11

World Health Organisation 188, 276-7

WPP 216

Yellow Card system 186, 270

Yom Kippur 11

Zammo 246

Zig-Zag Production Company 64

Zubieta 79

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***Important: This is an unofficial index which has been created without the knowledge or permission of the author of the book, Ben Goldacre, or the publishers, so any errors are entirely my own. Indeed if it represents any kind of copyright infringement, then someone better let me know. However, I would hope the publishers would take the view that this, if anything, promotes the book and would generate interest in it’s content. That would be my hope, anyway.

Anyone else can link to this or the Word Doc download. If you choose to distribute it yourself, it would be nice to get a mention as it was a fair bit of work!

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you spot any errors, corrections or have any suggestions for improvement, this is very much a first draft!