To really understand these concepts of bias and probability and to fine-tune your medical BS radar, visit https://brilliant.org/MedLife & sign up for FREE. The first 200 people will also get 20% off Premium membership. ----------------- More Medlife Crisis: http://www.medlifecrisis.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/medcrisis https://www.facebook.com/Medlifecrisis https://www.instagram.com/medcrisis ----------------- Further reading about the types of bias in medical research: http://handbook-5-1.cochrane.org/ https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/abs/10.1148/radiol.2383041109?journalCode=radiology This video is the first of a few looking at why newspapers and website run so many bad articles about health and medicine. Some are just plain lies, but many are the result of lazy research or faulty analysis. I only came back to write this bit as YouTube said the description counts for something and you should mention some keywords so pseudoscience quackery confirmation bias cognitive bias Big Pharma oNe WeIrD tRiCk chiropractic homeopathy alternative doctors hate him medicine goop blah blah blah