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Vaccination is one of medicine’s great success stories, preventing deaths and serious ill health caused by infectious diseases – and almost always doing so without causing serious harm in the process. I will be discussing the lives saved and harm prevented by vaccination against diseases such as pertussis and measles in this post, but first [...]

A lot of people from around the world ready my last post, Is Queen Mary University of London trying to commit scientific suicide?. Nonetheless, the mainstream media reach a different audience. They are still needed. Oddly enough, the Guardian Higher Education section didn’t seem very interested. For a paper that publishes Polly Toynbee abd George [...]

Bodybuilding Tips Nutritional Supplements For Bodybuilders Athletes and bodybuilders use nutritional substances in an effort to gain a legal edge over fellow competitors. The use of nutritional supplements has not been outlawed by the major sporting organisations. This does not mean that they are safe, appropriate or without side effects. The potential lethal side effects [...]

As is pointed out in the Wikipedia article on anecdotal evidence, such evidence is considered to be dubious support of a claim. Not only because it may be unrepresentative of a “typical” experience, but also because anecdotal evidence consists of casual observations rather than rigorous analysis. It is inevitable that casual observations will be subject [...]

Know the Nutritional supplements you consume When our body is in sufficient of the essential nutrients in our every day diet, the Nutritional supplements come to your rescue. The focus is now on practical healthcare rather than treating the disease at the indication. Many health problems can be obviously linked to nutritional deficiencies. This may also [...]

The Daily Mail have this week published an article on the HPV vaccine. Remarkably, it’s actually quite good. Certainly better than those written by Rachel Porter, Paul Sims, and the anonymous (and ubiquitous) Daily Mail Reporter. (See here, here, here, and here for my thoughts on those articles.) The journalist in question is Fiona MacRae. The [...]

The British Homeopathic Association has turned to celebrity endorsement of their sugar pills. Presumably as a distraction from the lack of any real evidence that they work. An interesting point about these endorsements: the slebs are all waving pretty flowers around and banging on about how natural homeopathy is. Those who do not know how [...]

The Great Nutritional Supplement Company Ripoff Do you know what the average price markup for all those fat burner, muscle builder, and energy providing pills, powders, and potions you see lining the shelves of your local health food store is? Astoundingly, the markup from cost to retail price averages anywhere from 30%-200% depending on the [...]

Nutritional Supplements Necessary to Boost Immunity Strong immunity is the best weapon to defend ourselves against diseases. To develop a strong immunity, right and healthy diet is the key. There are many nutrients which are helpful in building up good immune system. Sadly, few of these are not manufactured in our bodies. In that case, [...]

Professor David Colquhoun of the Improbable Science blog has apparently been threatened with legal action over a blog post about CANCERactive. I am baffled. I am confused for various reasons, including the following: I’m uncertain of the objectives of the charity, I am uncertain of the basis of the legal threat, and I am uncertain [...]