Posts tagged ‘PFIH’
"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition" Adam Smith. A blog from a British doctor.
A Northern Doctor
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Dr Margaret McCartney’s Blog- Fish oils for mental illness: don’t waste your money. 27 May, 2012And more than that, concentrate efforts on things that are more likely to help now and in the future. I’m disturbed by the idea that fish oils are a good idea for ‘depression to schizophrenia’ as evidenced by this article. There … Continue reading →
- Fish oils for mental illness: don’t waste your money. 27 May, 2012
- Dr Grumble
- A postcard for the NHS 29 October, 2011
- Layscience
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- Bad Medicine
- Remember Numbers!Dr No has received many queries from baffled GPs stumped by how to vote in the RCGP President and Council elections. Problems have ranged from not knowing how to open the voting papers envelope, through not having the foggiest notion about how the single tranfserable vote works, to logging accidentally onto Facebook and sharing one’s voting preferences there […]
- Remember Numbers!
- DC’s Science
- Dr Michael Dixon of the “College of Medicine” seems to admit that alternative medicine is a placebo 26 May, 2012Jump to follow-up Much has been written on this blog about Dr Michael Dixon, and about the "College of Medicine", which is the direct inheritor of the mantle of the late, unlamented, Prince’s Foundation for Integrated Health. At the time of the foundation of the College it was stated that "The College represents a new [...]
- Dr Michael Dixon of the “College of Medicine” seems to admit that alternative medicine is a placebo 26 May, 2012
- Bad Science
- Is this the worst government statistic ever created?I forgot to post this column up last year. It’s a fun one: the Department for Communities and Local Government have produced a truly farcical piece of evidence, and promoted it very hard, claiming it as good stats. I noticed the column was missing today, because Private Eye have published on the same report in [...]
- Is this the worst government statistic ever created?
