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[Luminosity]

A study released today proved that scientific studies are full of it. It showed that four out of five surveys proved that something harmful was helpful. The fifth survey showed that something helpful was bad. Nine out of ten herbs cause diseases when ingested at 100 times the recommended dose in a form no one would ever take them, according to the drug companies who author these studies. It turns out that vaccines don't cause problems when their manufacturers pay for the tests, regulators, and congresspeople to say they don't. Recent experiences also prove that mainstream media won't critique a medical study but will just reproduce a press release on it authored by a drug company when they are pay for that to happen.

[YOLF]

Link?

[Deep Thought]

Not too surprisingly.

Example concerning tamiflu:
A 2012 Cochrane review maintains that significant parts of the clinical trials still remains unavailable for public scrutiny, and that the available evidence is not sufficient to conclude that oseltamivir decreases hospitalizations from influenza-like illnesses.[6] As of October 2012, 60% of Roche's clinical data concerning oseltamivir remains unpublished.[14]
It may still be a useful drug for reducing the duration of symptoms, although for this use it still has yet to be compared with NSAIDs or paracetamol.[15]
Roche commissioned an independent reanalysis of its data in 2011. One of the authors had received income from an organization sponsored by Roche previously but they were not funded by Roche for this analysis.[16] They concluded that early oseltamivir use reduced the number of lower respiratory tract infection treated with antibiotics from 9.3% to 5.9% in hitherto healthy adults and children.[16] No benefit occurred in those without

Edited by Deep Thought, 26 January 2014 - 08:16 AM.

[Mind]

Here is another thread with a good discussion about "junk science".

[Luminosity]

Thanks for the contributions.