Real science is all about critically appraising the evidence for somebody else's position.

Amazing things happen when you pull individual pieces of information together into larger linked datasets: meaning emerges, as you produce facts from figures.

I agree, the world would be a better place if doctors were less enthusiastic about adopting very new drugs.

There are many differences between medicine and teaching, but they have much in common. Both involve craft and personal expertise, learned through experience; but both can be informed by the experience of others.

The placebo effect is one of the most fascinating things in the whole of medicine. It's not just about taking a pill, and your performance and your pain getting better. It's about our beliefs and expectations. It's about the cultural meaning of a treatment.

You are a placebo responder. Your body plays tricks on your mind. You cannot be trusted.

I hope that you will be asked to participate in a trial at some stage in your disease