Public-Health Campaigns: Do They Go Too Far?

Introduction

The cholesterol controversy has brought to the surface an ongoing debate within the scientific community over how to judge conflicting scientific evidence in drawing up recommendations for medical treatment. It has raised serious questions about the way expert panels develop consensus opinions, about how those opinions are translated into advice to patients, and about government's role in public-health campaigns.

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