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...
View ArticleNot smoking can kill
Another day, another bit of advertising billed as reporting on the BBC website. To be fair they do aknowledge that this is linked to a programme being broadcast on the 26th November (Today). Now to the...
View ArticleAre 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...
View ArticleMMR again
So the Lancet have published another paper on MMR, and this time it’s not Wakefield, well sort of. Here it is: Measles in Europe, It’s behind a paywall so lets look at the press reporting. BBC Yahoo...
View ArticleIt’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...
View ArticleI’m starting to think they do it on purpose
Here we go again, the BBC website has some more marvellous reporting of research. This time the article is : Trial drugs “reverse” Alzheimer’s O rly… This is the BBC story, note the headline, yes that...
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