Robin Hanson describes four interesting meta-studies on medical research that ought to make you less confident about the latest study that "proves" the wonders of modern medicine.

CATEGORIES: Economics of Health Care

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Jim writes:

If you really want to be depressed about medical research look at the paper at the link below
titled
"Why Most Published Research Findings Are False"
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124
Jim

Posted March 4, 2007 8:30 PM

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