BPSDBPosted by soveda on January 28, 2009
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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. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by soveda on October 7, 2008
Before I start I have to thank jdc, Ben Goldacre’s mini blog on the Badscience.net site and Cynical OT from the Bad Science forum for pointing this article out to me.
I’m starting to think I should add “bad media” to my byline…
The link in the mini blog is to the ITV news report on a study examining the cortisol response of the body to stress in adolescent males with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (F91.3). The report has been described as flaky, Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in bad media, bad science | Tagged: bad science, health, media, mental health, reporting, science reporting | 2 Comments »
