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Ben Goldacre has been championing this government's efforts to push evidence-based policy, based on the data generated from well-designed robust trials (the effort should be applauded but the temptation to use only evidence which supports the Ministers' views still seems too tempting for them to refuse).
Reading through this pageant with much enjoyment, I kept applying the brakes with a "Yes, but …" Repeatedly I noticed assertions pushing evidence beyond what is justified in the interests of making a tidy and cogent case.
Although a warm and wet early Mars billions of years ago is still possible, "We keep pushing evidence of liquid water further and further back," he says.
Neither did the statement from MSNBC, which previously pushed evidence claiming to support Reid's hacking claims.
Key variables include: method of birth; length of labour; duration of pushing; evidence of obstructed labour; use of epidural, spinal or general anaesthesia; birth position, position of fetus in labour, fetal presentation, degree of perineal and other genital tract trauma, gestation, infant birthweight, and head circumference.
Ironically, the emphasis on pushing evidence-based medicine as the standard for prescribing has led to the abusive prescription of more expensive and more toxic medications, including the newer antipsychotic drugs, because doctors aligned with the drug companies lead the attempts to determine what particular practices are "evidence-based".
A recent paper has tried to push the evidence for millet cultivation even earlier.
Its role is crucial in mobilising key actors to push for evidence uptake and greater accountability.
There is certainly no requirement for a Singaporean science background, but scientifically literate government leaders who push for evidence-based policies and demonstrate a scientific outlook are needed more than glib panderers with attitude.
Whenever he had a chance on Iraq, he seems to have pushed the evidence further than it could reasonably be pushed.
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