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Sunday House Call, #667, September 16, 2018: The observational food study; Correlation R-value Asymmetric with Probability
Sunday House Call, #667, September 16, 2018: The observational food study; Correlation R-value Asymmetric with Probability Topics today include: More poor media reporting of observational food studies and drawing direct conclusions when you just can’t do that.* This editorial explains why. Your calls about plantar fasciitis Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia blister formation after total knee replacement hand…
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Wednesday House Call, August 29, 2018: The perils of observational studies when the media gets their hands on them
Wednesday House Call, August 29, 2018: The perils of observational studies when the media gets their hands on them Dr Barry Dworkin joins Brain Lilley to discuss the latest health stories of the week. Today: How observational studies are reported in the media: the track record is not good. Your calls about: Vertebral compression fractures.…
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Are slow walkers The Walking Dead? Observational studies do not have the power to prove it.
Health Headlines Commentary for September 1, 2017 A control group of non-walkers or sedentary individuals would have been more helpful. The slower walkers might have been shown to have better survival compared to non-walkers but this was not included in the study. Source: Slow walkers more likely to die of heart disease: U.K. study…
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No causation can be drawn from cow’s milk study stating that it helps kids grow taller
Health Headlines Commentary for June 8, 2017 Source: Does drinking cow’s milk help children grow taller? Reference: Association between noncow milk beverage consumption and childhood height
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These two spicy and picky studies are #LOSER (Limited Observational Study Exercise Restraint)
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August , 2015 Source: Spicy food linked to longer life in new study Picky eating usually harmless but can signal children’s emotional worries, says study Reference: Consumption of spicy foods and total and cause specific mortality: population based cohort study Could eating spicy food help you live longer? Psychological and…
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Another observational study on chocolate's ability to reduce heart disease signifies nothing
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 16, 2015 Source: Chocolate for your heart Reference: Habitual chocolate consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease among healthy men and women. Heart, 15 June 2015 DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-307050
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Sunday House Call, #535, June 14, 2015 – Enough with the observational studies!
Sunday House Call, #535, June 14, 2015 – Enough with the observational studies! Topics today include:The folly of observational study reporting, controlling hypertension, sleep apnea, slow heart rates, and genetic advances.