As this account attests, in the biomedical field cargo cult science (withholding data) and politics are rife. After decades of looking at it (back to the late

As this account attests, in the biomedical field cargo cult science (withholding data) and politics are rife. After decades of looking at it (back to the late '70s), I along with many others much better informed have to conclude less than half of it is correct. I recently got a routine visit with a resident just starting his outpatient period; he commented that he didn't pay much attention to research, rather, he trusted the experience of his superiors who'd treated many thousands of patients. And then there's the iffy quality of generics, which now cover the bulk of what's prescribed due to patent expiration....