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9 months, 4 weeks agoWhat's in the placebo?
While placebos are meant to be benign, drug companies frequently use “active” placebos, meant to mimic the side effects of the real drug. The specifics of the placebos are rarely disclosed, and their effects may…
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10 months agoWhat's Wrong With Peer Review?
The Wall Street Journal is catching on to the problems with peer review. Retractions continue to rise, with several high-profile pieces having been pulled in the last year.
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10 months agoEffects of a low carbohydrate diet on energy expenditure during weight loss maintenance: randomized trial
In this 2018 trial, participants lost 12% bodyweight through caloric restriction, and were then given a high, medium, or low carb diet. Those on the high and medium carb diets had to maintain a much more…
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10 months, 1 week agoEffects of a low carbohydrate diet on energy expenditure during weight loss maintenance: randomized trial
In this 2018 trial, participants lost 12% bodyweight through caloric restriction, and were then given a high, medium, or low carb diet. Those on the high and medium carb diets had to maintain a much more…
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10 months, 3 weeks agoRaise Standards for Preclinical Cancer Research
Efforts over the past decade to characterize the genetic alterations in human cancers have led to a better understanding of […]
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10 months, 3 weeks agoRed meat & Type 2 Diabetes
Dr. Zoë Harcombe’s retort to a recent study villainizing red meat consumption. The epidemiological paper was fraught with the typical broken science pitfalls; data manipulation, correlation vs. causation co…
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11 months agoNew Course Coming Soon - Navigating a Broken Medical System
This class is designed to help you chart your own course; it will identify major problems with modern medicine and give you tools to manage those shortcomings. Through education you can better protect yourself…
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11 months agoWill New FDA Rules Help Dial Back Expedited Drugs?
Recent reforms could require companies to perform follow-up studies on drugs that received accelerated approval.
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11 months, 1 week agoGoldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: ‘Is curing patients a sustainable business model?’
While “gene therapy” treatments can offer tremendous benefits to patients and society, they limit the potential earnings for those investing in the technology.
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11 months, 1 week agosneak peek: BSI cofounders speaking at the upcoming Revitafest
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11 months, 2 weeks agoHow ‘Preapproved Narratives’ Corrupt Science
Especially in climate and Covid research, abuse of peer review and self-censorship abound. Allysia Finley explains.
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11 months, 3 weeks agoThe Band of Debunkers Busting Bad Scientists
Stanford’s president and a high-profile physicist are among those taken down by a growing wave of volunteers who expose faulty or fraudulent research papers
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1 year agoCancer as a metabolic disease: implications for novel therapeutics
Mounting evidence is showing that cancer is indeed a metabolic disease, and not the result of genetic mutations. Given this cause, Thomas Seyfried et. al., explain methods for treating cancer, including diet, drugs…
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1 year agoNon-communicable disease risk associated with red and processed meat consumption—magnitude, certainty, and contextuality of risk?
While some research claims eating red meat and processed meat can be harmful, the evidence does not support this. Any harm is generally reported as relative risk, with little to no change in absolute risk. Also,…
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