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.