Junk Science Judo

A Short Course

Course Topics

Definition & Consequences

Recognizing Junk Science

What You Can Do About It

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What Can You Conclude From This Study?

Researchers recently reported a 30% increase in breast cancer (a relative risk of 1.3) among women who had abortions as compared with women who did not have abortions (17).

What can you conclude from this study? Choose one of the following:

A. Abortion causes an increase in breast cancer

B. Nothing, the data is inconclusive

• (17) J. Brind, V.M. Chinchilli, W.B. Severs, J. Summy-Long, "Induced Abortion as an Independent Risk Factor for Breast Cancer: A Comprehensive Review and Meta-analysis," Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, October 1996, pp. 481-96