Ben Goldacre's wise & witty bestseller shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize lifts the lid on quack doctors flaky statistics scaremongering journalists & evil pharmaceutical corporations Since 2003 Dr Ben Goldacre has been exposing dodgy medical data in his popular Guardian column In this eye-opening book he takes on the MMR hoax & misleading cosmetics ads acupuncture & homeopathy vitamins & mankind's vexed relationship with all manner of toxins' Along the way the self-confessed Johnny Ball cum Witchfinder General' performs a successful detox on a Barbie doll sees his dead cat become a certified nutritionist & probes the supposed medical qualifications of Dr' Gillian Mc Keith Full spleen & satire Ben Goldacre takes us on a hilarious invigorating & ultimately alarming journey through the bad science we are fed daily by hacks & quacks