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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford cover image

A Leap of Faith From the Eiffel Tower

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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The Medical Community Was Missing Something

Barry Marshall became a doctor in the gold mining town of perth, Australia. He quickly realized that stomach problems could be hard to treat. A colleague had noticed spiral-shaped bacteria on an inflamed stomach. Marshall tried to grow the bacteria to study it better but failed. Now he wants to find out if there is any link between stress and ulcers.

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