Clinical trials
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- Posted11 April 2020
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- Posted31 March 2020
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- Posted21 August 2019
- Attribution
- Posted9 March 2019
The Life Scientific. Richard Peto on why smoking kills but quitting saves lives. Audio, 29 minutes
Epidemiologist Richard Peto on the links between tobacco, disease and early death
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Live Wires. Should LSD be used in medical trials? Audio, 23 minutes
Drugs expert Professor David Nutt argues the law is holding medical research back.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
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The Big Idea. Economics and mosquito nets. Audio, 9 minutes
What can economics tell us about the use of mosquito nets?
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Geriatric Guinea Pigs. Audio, 28 minutes
Geoff Watts asks why older people are often excluded from clinical trials.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Assignment. The Stem Cell Hard Sell. Audio, 27 minutes
Is enough being done to protect vulnerable people in search of a cure?
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Patients Doing It for Themselves. Audio, 28 minutes
Vivienne Parry explores how patients are taking control of their own treatment.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Face the Facts. The Defiance of Science. Audio, 26 minutes
The commonly used medical 'drip' that may have caused thousands of unnecessary deaths.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Ben Goldacre's Bad Evidence. Audio, 38 minutes
Ben Goldacre explores the idea of evidence-based policy.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Is Surgery Scientific? Audio, 30 minutes
Surgery is a craft and historically has not been subject to scientific scrutiny until now.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Wonder Cure? Audio, 30 minutes
Matthew Hill investigates the drug Champix and its possible links to psychiatric illness.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Science View. Drug Trials. Audio, 4 minutes
The benefits of involving breast cancer patients in the design of clinical trials
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Science View. Animal Testing. Audio, 4 minutes
Information and misinformation in the realm of animal testing
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Science View. Clinical Trial Ethics. Audio, 4 minutes
Should patients know if they are taking part in a randomised, clinical trial?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year