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A pill to help the world
Now I’m not sure quite what to make of this, I was listening to the radio on the way heard and caught the start of a story about a fish oil trial in prisons. I didn’t listen but thought I would when I...
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Flatliners, the research project…
I really should stop listening to the Today programme, mind you if I did what would I have to blog about? Why am I writing again, well today I heard the following story about a research project on “out...
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The obfuscating nature of electrosmog
[BPSDB] I thought I had dreamed this but I found it on the “Today” website , at about 6:45 this morning I heard an interview about phone masts and electrosensitivity. Now this has been blogged at...
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The biology of crime
Before I start I have to thank jdc, Ben Goldacre’s mini blog on the Badscience.net site and Cynical OT from the Bad Science forum for pointing this article out to me. I’m starting to think I should add...
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Are you lonesome tonight?
[BPSDB] Well, if you live in Edinburgh you are likely to be according to this you are more likely to be. Yes this is a story of deprivation and loneliness, or is it? The paper that is being referred to...
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Snoring kills, no really…
[BPSDB] I was reading a car magazine last week and found an advert selling SnorBan With the strap-line “Snoring Driving fatigue can be fatal”. Now the strap line itself I don’t argue with, falling...
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It’s all in the mind surely?
[BPSDB] I was navel gazing and having a look at which of my rants was the most read, it seems that it was the one on electrosensitivity. So lets have a talk about medically unexplained symptoms shall...
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It’s just a little prick
[BPSDB] But does it do any good? I’m referring to acupuncture which is being puffed, sorry reported on, by the BBC again today in this article. Confusion you say, now what confusion would that be I...
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When MMR attacks (or LBC and Jeni Barnett, what were you thinking?)
Just a very quick post, Ben Goldacre has been threatened by LBC’s lawyers fro infringement of copyright. The copyright in question is to do with an episode of Jeni Barnett’s show which was...
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Chiropractic for mental health, Bogus*? Updated
[BPSDB] *Deliberate deception not implied In light of other bloggers looking at chiropractic treatment I thought I’d have a look from my perspective. According to the BCA chiropractic can be used to...
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