Medical Research for the Science Fair

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I am really at a loss for understanding yet another positive acupuncture study that was as well designed as my 8th grade science fair project. Pripusťme, I was a nerdy science kid, but I could do a better job drunk. I think I should conduct a followup study in which I test the . . . → Čítajte viac: Medical Research for the Science Fair

Genius z tlače, v.III

Ďalší diel môjho obľúbeného seriálu, genialita tlače. This article comes from ABC news, kto dokáže identifikovať túto húsenicu? It is decidedly NOT a gypsy moth.

Fellow entomology blogger Myrmecos had a similar story last week.

Genialita tlače, časť II

Published in the Santa Barbara News Press, Winter 2009. Who can tell me what’s wrong with these captions?

Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson.

Doktori sú mimo.

Chytil som krátky prevzdušnenie televíznej show “Doktori“, Dnešná epizóda bola titulovaná “V prípade lekárskej pohotovosti Nemôžeš ignorovať”. Z veľkej časti sa opakovať pozitívne lekárskej zdravotnej afirmácie. Oni tiež bláboly o tom “zdravé” potraviny a veci, ktoré sú pre vás dobré a “nebezpečenstvo” of all kinds of common household bacteria/chemicals and . . . → Čítajte viac: Doktori sú mimo.

NY Times FAILAcupuncture

Today I found this article in NY times healthtouting the benefits of acupuncture used for depression relief in pregnant women. I have a few problems with the journalist, Shirley S. Wang, failing to remain skeptical in her piece. But this comes as no surprise, so I won’t bother to point out obvious flaws . . . → Čítajte viac: NY Times FAILAcupuncture