Effectiveness of Beta Carotene on Cancer Control

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Effectiveness of Beta Carotene on Cancer Control
The new medical release indicated that beta carotene could effectively cure cancer. The findings brought amazement in the whole medical field, following clinical proofs that have been undertaken to lower to the same findings (Haider, Ferk, Bojaxhi, Martano, Stutz, Bresgen, Knasmьller, Alija & Eckl, 2017). However, after a close check on the reports, it was found that converse to the medical reports, the beta carotene was found to be a cancer agent. This brought about a considerable frustration in the medical field, which Charles Hennekens termed the “biggest disappointment of my career." The humiliating results caused alarm in the whole medical field since a thorough medical proceeding was invested.
However, medical experts, led by Dr. Goodman, an epidemiologist, and a biostatistician, made concise decisions to clear the skeptics that befell them. They agreed that for every medical proceeding to be factual, it should pass through and fall under three default principles. The first principle is stated on the comparison of like with like. In this case, the reports that beta carotene could not cure cancer could have concluded a comparison of two unlike subjects (Kolata, 2008). The second princ...