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Alan Cassels

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Alan Cassels is a Brownstone Fellow and a drug policy researcher and author who has written extensively about disease mongering. He is the author of four books, including 'The ABCs of Disease Mongering: An Epidemic in 26 Letters'.

“Ask your Doctor:” The media’s most dangerous tagline

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Travelling to the US never fails to put me in touch with a part of American culture that I find particularly fascinating, but disturbing....

Why observational studies lie to you

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If you’ve spent five minutes paying attention to medical news, you’ve undoubtedly seen the headlines: “People who take statins have 30% fewer heart attacks!”...

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