John Ray

LOL Fish oil strongly linked to increased incidence of colon cancerNo, no no Not the beloved fish oilFish oil long encouraged by doctors as a supplement to support heart and joint health, among other benefits induced severe colitis and colon cancer in mice in research led by Michigan State Universit...
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Obesity is NOT a public health burdenWhich removes the major rationale for government intervention. The comments below by economist Ross Gittins are based on conventional assumptions -- which are in turn based on dogmatic interpretations of epidemiological findings -- but if those findings are usabl...
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Light drinking in pregnancy makes the offspring smarter and better behavedAnd what a tizzy that finding is provoking "Experts" i.e. believers in the conventional wisdom don't want to believe the evidence. They do however eventually get around to realizing -- now that it suits them -- that ...
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The autismMercury scare againBrainless. A mercury compound in vaccines Thimerosol was for many years said to cause autism. But when the compound was withdrawn from vaccines, the incidence of autism still kept rising. It was a classic before-and-after experiment but no evidence is enough for some att...
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Women Who Get Dental Care Have Lower Risk of Heart Disease, Says StudyThe usual rubbish. Richer women are more likely to be able to afford dental care and rich people are healthier anywayA new study led by a University of California, Berkeley, researcher could give women a little extra motivation to...
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