study

An interesting study. http://www.biomedcentral.com/imedia/7058063032396348_manuscript.pdf Murthy

This was on the BBC news this morning. This confirms a large Danish study which showed no change in autism rates before and after MMR introduction. The only caveat to this study is that the Japanese MMR is not the same as the UK MMR (it differs in the strain of mumps virus). And yet there...

In a article a homeopath complains,(http://www.sciencedirect.com click "journal", then "h", then "homeopathy", volume 93, issue 4, page 186-189) that in that the practioners taking part in a trial are hindered in their performance by the uncertainess, whether the "medicine" had not the expected...

Study finds organic vegetables bolster immunity A Danish study has found organically grown vegetables strengthen the immune systems and add more vitamin E to the bloodstream in rats. Researchers at the Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences (DIAS) have found rats fed with organically grown...

"Public elementary schools will continue to allow Bible classes during class time while the local school board conducts a one-year review to determine if criticism of the practice by some parents is valid... ...The Supreme Court ruled decades ago that the classes do not violate the separation of...

First, it was God's punishment for gays. Now, it's a black genocide, concocted by the gubmint. And false beliefs are supposed to be harmless?

Arrrggggg! From the name to the unblinded test, here we see everything that is wrong with marketing in the U.S. Proton Extreme Sagan was right. The candle flame is guttering and the darkness is growing.

Research into prayer, fertility link now doubted Ah, the New York Times. Is there anything NOT fit to print to those Bozos? Oh yeah. Anything skeptical. Of miracles, WMD claims of the Bush administration. etc.

This story was just released 15 minutes ago, so I haven't exactly formed an informed opinion on it. Nonetheless, here's the Washington Post article. Here's a quote that summarizes the contents of the article: Conducted on 570 patients, they found that Comments???

New Happiness Index shows British society peaked in 1976 By Mark Rice-Oxley | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor LONDON – Britain was in the grip of inflation, drought, and punk rock. The cold war was in remission, the IMF bailed out the economy, and the Muppets and Starsky and...

Think Tank: Iraq War Distracted U.S.! (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041011/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_terrorism) Exactly what I have been thinking for years.

I found this while looking for articles on statistics in psi research that I thought you might find interesting: An online presentation on the Prestimulus Response pilot study: http://www.lfr.org/LFR/csl/Slideshows/PrestimulusResponse/index.html And a link to the actual paper (.pdf format)...

For those of us who like to track these things: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf04323/htmstart.htm the 2004 analysis of gender and career success in science. This one focuses mainly on tenure and tenure track, and outcomes for midcareer scientists. Good news: more women are getting tenure than...

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2004031913330002763146&dt=20040319133300&w=RTR&coview= STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Reuters) - The Pentagon has granted $240,000 to a Swedish team for embryonic stem-cell research linked to Parkinson's disease, the researchers said Wednesday.

There is currently a study going on asking for men to take a dose of selenium daily, a dose of vitamin E daily, a dose of both daily, or a placebo, to see if there is any connection between preventing prostrate cancer or not. Anyone else hear of this?

Get a load of this! Currently a featured link on Yahoo's home page. [URL=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&e=5&u=/usatoday/20040304/ts_usatoday/acupuncturessecretbloodflowtobrain] Woo Woos will go crazy over this. Others should pay close attention. All in all a pretty fair...

Details are sketchy, since this is something I just heard on the radio, and I can't find an online source yet. But it seems that 10 of the 12 authors of the paper which sparked the MMR controversy have now formally withdrawn their conclusions. More information as I can find it.

Just a reminder from August, 2003. When asked when this study would be published, Lucianarchy answered: It is now Feb 29th, 2004. Still no sign of any study, where Lucianarchy is shown to be "extraordineeriely accurate"....

http://www.rationalrevolution.net/special/study_communism.htm

All speculations and explanations are welcome.

Release Date: November 27, 2003 Vancouver, BC - Restrictive firearm legislation has failed to reduce gun violence in Australia, Canada, or Great Britain. The policy of confiscating guns has been an expensive failure, according to a new paper "The Failed Experiment: Gun Control and Public...

Not that it's any surprise, a simple calculation of the oxygen content of these products is all you need to know... From NCAHF consumer health digest (nov 18. 2003): "Study debunks "oxygenated water." A double-blind study has found no evidence that drinking "oxygenated water" enhances exercise...

This happened last night/early this morning (around 2 am). I was sleeping on my right side. I awoke, sort of. This is a frequent thing for me ~ I semi-awaken several times each night and merely rolling over and turning on talk radio puts me back to sleep. But last night something was...

I've never understood the scientific study of prayer. Are the testers trying to show that God favors the prayed upon more? Or that one religious group is better at praying than others? Or that mass prayer favors the single prayer? Or that the studied prayer outweighs the unstudied prayer...

There was a program shown last night in the BBC Everyman series (general religious / current affairs) on the Mantra study into the effect of prayer on patient outcomes. Basically, they followed 750 patients, half of whom were randomised to receive prayer from a variety of different religious...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3193902.stm [/B] They discuss how this contradicts the earlier study mentioned often here, and examined in skeptical enquirer which was most likely flawed and actually demonstrated "retro-active" prayer benefit.

Almost half of the sites claim these products treat, cure, prevent or diagnose specific diseases. Dietary supplements? Sound like drugs to me... jama internet marketing of herbals

http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/business.bg?articleid=73

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,7080890%255E1702,00.html Sounds intriguiging, but look at the numbers: This study is based on 13 patients and it's already being written up in newspapers? The drop in blood pressure was 2 points? Would any medical folk care to...

Theological Study Ive always been interested in asking someone who has been through formal theological study if the basis of their education was based on factual information eg. historical information vs. belief systems or both? Forgive me if the question seems obvious but Ive had differing...