I’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…

It’s just a little prick

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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 wonder? Nothing to do with the media portrayal of previous studies surely.

MMR again

So the Lancet have published another paper on MMR, and this time it’s not Wakefield, well sort of.

Are you lonesome tonight?

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Well, if you live in Edinburgh you are likely to be according to this you are more likely to be.

Not 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).

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 got home,I forgot but I was reminded of it by Norbury on the Bad Science forum.

Just like Norbury I had a sinking feeling mainly because of the Durham fish oil non trial.

But this seems a bit different.