Stuff And Nonsense

Shoot The Messenger: When Evidence And Policy Clash

jdc325 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:08:11 +0000

The BBC is reporting that home secretary Alan Johnson has sacked Professor David Nutt, head of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. In criticising the decision to reclassify cannabis to Class B from C, Prof Nutt “accused ministers of devaluing and distorting evidence and said drugs classification was being politicised.” Nutt has also attacked [...]

Curry can cure cancer, say scientists

jdc325 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:45:45 +0000

Today, the mainstream media reported on research into the effects of curcumin on cancer cells... and claimed that curry is a cancer cure.

Dr Briffa on Athletic Ancients

jdc325 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:04:57 +0000

Errors: In which Dr Briffa relies on the Daily Mail as a source, and the Daily Mail itself relies on a book.

The Truth About Vaccines: Vaccines And Autism

jdc325 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:04:39 +0000

Part two of my series of posts on Dr Richard Halvorsen’s book focuses on the chapter on vaccines and autism (subtitled “Autism, Allergy, and Auto-immune Diseases“). Was Hannah Poling’s Autism Caused By Vaccination? Halvorsen raises the case of Hannah Poling. The failure of Dr Poling to declare a conflict of interest when submitting his paper titled Developmental Regression [...]

Halvorsen: The Truth About Vaccines

jdc325 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:49:20 +0000

Introduction: Liking & Similarity, a Form of the ‘Sceptic’ Gambit, and Spin This is my first post about Richard Halvorsen’s book. There may be further posts if I can maintain my enthusiasm for writing about Dr Halvorsen’s view of vaccination as I continue to read about it. On the first page of his introduction, Halvorsen begins by providing some [...]