Edzard Ernst
MD, PhD, MAE, FMedSci, FRSB, FRCP, FRCPEd.

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Want to legitimise your bogus therapy? Here is how

Published Saturday 27 September 2014 | By Edzard

...  somewhat suspicious of research; they have obviously understood that it might not produce the positive result they had ...  It cannot fail because it follows the notorious A+B versus B design (I know, I have mentioned this several times before on this ...  last post, or dozens of other studies following the A+B versus B design – it is so brilliantly suited for misleading us ...

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