In 2001, two respected cardiologists at the Cleveland Clinic published a re-analysis of old data that indicated Vioxx might raise the risk of heart attack.

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At the very best, the first hints of these problems came from a re-analysis of data--an unreliable technique--two years after the drug had been on the market.

FORBES: Behind Merck's Fall

The results, published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association, are not new but a re-analysis of the data that was used to get the medicine, Natrecor, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

FORBES: Magazine Article

In 2012, sociologist Loren Marks conducted a detailed re-analysis of 59 studies of parenting by gays and lesbians that were cited by the American Psychological Association in a 2005 publication.

WSJ: Nelson Lund: A Social Experiment Without Science Behind It

In this connection, the Center re-released a highly relevant analysis entitled Time to Reinvigorate the U.S.-Israeli Strategic Relationship, initially published on 13 June 1990.

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But whether you're a fresh water economist or a salt water one, empirical analysis - working out what's actually going on in the economy - depends on knowing the facts.

BBC: The Nobel prize, and the ONS

Sporting built-in pressure sensors, an LCD display, and what we're assuming is a powerful sleep analysis engine, the pillow seems to do little more than count the number of times your head moves around at night, displaying the resulting data when you wake up in the morning.

ENGADGET: Japanese pillow offers napping advice