Pills or parenting?
Ben Goldacre at Bad Science discusses the way the Media deal with science. On the one hand, reputable research showing that improved parenting significantly improves child behaviour is ignored. On the other, press releases from drug companies with no published support are trumpeted as heralding “miracle pills”. As Ben says, complex problems usually have complex solutions. Sadly, the Media prefers simple headlines – even when they’re built on sand.
pax et bonum
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