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Fad diets debunked by early career researchers

An article in the Daily Mail today on the Voice of Young Science project looking at the evidence behind fad diets:...

An article in the Daily Mail today on the Voice of Young Science project looking...

Sense_about_Science

Sense About Science•11 years ago

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MP calls for astrology to be made available on the NHS

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28464009 Its like the Enlightenment / Renaissance never happened

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28464009 Its like the Enlightenment / Ren...

Gez_Blair

•11 years ago

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The One-percenters of science publishing

Interesting study on PLoS One - highlighting the fact that in the same way the top 1% of the population have a huge share of capital compared to the lowest...

Interesting study on PLoS One - highlighting the fact that in the same way the t...

Gez_Blair

•11 years ago

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How can we educate journalists to consider positive predictive values when reporting new diagnostic tests? A recent case in point...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28198510 http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/07July/Pages/Blood-test-for-Alzheimers-no-better-than-coin-toss.aspx...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28198510 http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/07July/Pa...

robdavies

•11 years ago

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Lies, Damn Lies and Doctors who are bad at maths

A wonderful article about the misunderstanding of statistics not just by patients but by huge numbers of practicing doctors....

A wonderful article about the misunderstanding of statistics not just by patient...

JossS

•11 years ago

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Posts - Healthy Evidence | HealthUnlocked

Healthy Evidence

All posts for July 2014

Fad diets debunked by early career researchers

MP calls for astrology to be made available on the NHS

The One-percenters of science publishing

How can we educate journalists to consider positive predictive values when reporting new diagnostic tests? A recent case in point...

Lies, Damn Lies and Doctors who are bad at maths

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