Showing posts with label bad science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bad science. Show all posts
Thursday, 8 December 2016

How public health promotes bad science

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There's a pretty good article in Nature about the 'obesity paradox'. This is the consistent finding that, especially as people ...
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Wednesday, 16 October 2013

Quote of the day - what addiction isn't...

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**** From Chris Snowdon : As a general rule of thumb, if someone tells you that cupcakes or smartphones are "as addictive as co...
Friday, 24 May 2013

Misrepresenting, misleading, manipulating? Ah, that would be public health then...

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**** From Chris Snowden : Be under no illusions about what this guy is up to. He is prepared to defame academics and misrepresent data...
Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Just as salt doesn't cause heart disease, sugar doesn't make children hyper...

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**** Or so it seems... Let’s cut to the chase: sugar doesn’t make kids hyper. There have been at least twelve trials of various diets ...
Thursday, 22 September 2011

Is this really science?

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**** It seems that smokers have impaired short term memory - or at least that's what Dr Tom Heffernan, who leads Northumbria Universit...
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Friday, 2 September 2011

Why does no-one in the media ever question what these people say?

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**** The "salt is evil' lobby have found a new target - bread: A third of breads contain more salt than recommended under guid...
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Friday, 8 April 2011

Friday Fungus: Mushrooms, psychedelia and depression

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These days we are trained from our youth to respond with terror to the idea of psychedelic drugs - including our dear old friend the magic m...
Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Maybe Ben Goldacre should stick to science?

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**** I got into an exchange with the sainted Ben Goldacre regarding a tweet he sent about the paying of bonuses to Barclays Bank employees...
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