You may have seen in the media that skepchick.org has a campaign to give people boosters to their Pertussis (Whooping Cough) vaccination immunity. At the recent DragonCon free injections were being given out.
Over the past year or two I’ve been doing a lot of research into vaccines and the anti-vax movement. One thing I did [...]
Funny conversation at the golf course last night…
Man at front of queue gestures at bracelets on sale at the counter. The packaging says “Embedded Holographic Technology” and “May improve your strength and swing” etc.
Man at front of queue: Do those really work then?
Boy behind counter: Yeah, I wear one all the time.
Me: Yeah, wearing a [...]
In preparation for my pursuit of the claims made by the purveyors of magnetic bracelets I decided to Google “Clinical Trial Magnet Therapy” in an attempt to find some proper trials and evidence. Conversely if you Google “Magnetic Healing” you’ll find thousands of hits for sales of the devices, their claims and no evidence.
My top [...]
I ought to note, briefly, that while the Cochrane Analysis that I mentioned two posts ago showed that a low sodium diet had little effect on blood pressure another Analysis by them does show that there is a significant benefit in reducing salt intake.
Specifically here for the long term effects.
Just goes to show how careful [...]
I’ve been using the Cochrane Organisations systemic reviews to look into the evidence for a number of popular beliefs on the efficacy of treatments. Here are the results I have found so far.
Glucosamine for Osteoarthritis
I was expecting to find a negative result here but the review is not quite so clear cut. One brand, Rotta, [...]