# What doctors don't know about the medicines they dispense - Ben Goldacre

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Podcast: [TED-Ed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-ed-7859430)
Published: 2026-07-25T07:07:30+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1094

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When a new drug gets tested, the results of the trials should be published for the rest of the medical world -- except much of the time, negative or inconclusive findings go unreported, leaving doctors and researchers in the dark. In this impassioned talk, Ben Goldacre explains why these unreported instances of negative data are especially misleading and dangerous. Talk by Ben Goldacre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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