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Episode: How Big Pharma Hijacked Evidence-Based Medicine: Dr. Aseem Malhotra and Dr. Kelly Victory Warn of Rising Influence of Pharmaceutical Corporations
Description: “Doctors and patients must appreciate how deeply and extensively drug regulators can’t be trusted so long as they’re captured by industry funding,” reads a quote from Donald Light in a recent presentation by Dr. Aseem Malhotra, warning of the rising influence of pharmaceutical corporations over individual physicians and drug safety studies.Dr. Aseem Malhotra is a British cardiologist, public health campaigner, author of several books, and writer of newspaper articles. He campaigns for people to reduce sugar in their diet, promotes a low-carb and high-fat diet, and encourages the reduction of medical overprescribing. Dr. Aseem is an NHS...