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

  • Written by Lisa Bero, Research Professor Public Health and Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Fake research can be harmful to your health – a new study offers a tool for rooting it outAlthough most medical research is reliable, studies that are flawed or fake can lead to patients undergoing treatments that might cause harm.skynesher/E+ via Getty Images

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