Department of Medicine

Fake research can be harmful to your health – a new study offers a tool for rooting it out

Written by The Conversation | August 18, 2022

The best source of information to guide treatment is medical research. But how do you know when that information is reliable and evidence-based? And how can you tell the difference between shoddy research findings and those that have merit? Lisa Bero, PhD, research professor of Public Health and Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has answers.