Why you shouldn't believe everything you read

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Did you know smoking can improve the performance of long-distance runners? If you saw this article by Kenneth A. Myers in the Canadian Medical Association Journal you might have wondered about its editing — especially if you skipped the abstract. Myers tried, Travis Saunders wrote on Obesity Panacea, "to illustrate how you can fashion a review article to support almost any crazy theory if you’re willing to cherry-pick the right data."

November 30, 2011

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