Ben Goldacre's wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Pri
ze, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists
and evil pharmaceutical corporations. Since 2003 Dr Ben Goldacre has been expos
ing dodgy medical data in his popular Guardian column. In this eye-opening book
he takes on the MMR hoax and misleading cosmetics ads, acupuncture and homeopath
y, vitamins and mankind's vexed relationship with all manner of 'toxins'. Along
the way, the self-confessed 'Johnny Ball cum Witchfinder General' performs a suc
cessful detox on a Barbie doll, sees his dead cat become a certified nutritionis
t and probes the supposed medical qualifications of 'Dr' Gillian McKeith. Full s
pleen and satire, Ben Goldacre takes us on a hilarious, invigorating and ultimat
ely alarming journey through the bad science we are fed daily by hacks and quack
s.
