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Flawed research + media hype = hysteria
When flawed clinical research is reported in the media with hype and sensationalism, it has the potential to have devastating effects — such as...
Financial ties between researchers and industry link to positive trial results
Financial ties between researchers and companies that make the drugs they are studying are independently associated with positive trial results, suggesting bias in the...
Animal research ethics is being 'neglected' in student training
Despite guidelines that UK students should receive training in good research conduct and consider wider societal and ethical issues of their animal research, this...
P-hacking to get publishable results
An Australian study has found some scientists are unknowingly tweaking experiments and analysis methods to increase their chances of getting results that are easily published. It claims to be is the most comprehensive investigation yet into a type of publication bias called p-hacking.
Breath test can check for breast cancer
Scientists have developed a breath test to check for breast cancer. According to a Daily Mail report, research shows the kit is at least...
Contraceptive pill may increase chance of developing MS
Taking the contraceptive Pill may increase a woman’s chance of developing multiple sclerosis. An IoL report says that this is according to a new...
Bursts of anger could increase heart attack risk
European researchers have found that people who have outbursts of anger are at greater risk of having a heart attack or stroke in the...
Children damaged by exposure to passive smoking – research
Exposure to passive smoking in childhood causes irreversible damage to the structure of children’s arteries. HealthCanal reports that this is according to a study...
BPA levels in men’s urine could be a marker of prostate cancer
Findings by Cincinnati Cancer Centre researchers show that levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in men's urine could be a marker of prostate cancer and...
Ga y genetics research still provokes irrational responses
Why does a ‘ga y gene' paper still cause a stir? A similar paper on any other topic would probably have passed unnoticed. But...
Norway to trial nasal spray antidote to heroin overdose
Norway IS poised to start trials of a nasal spray that reverses the effect of a heroin overdose, in a move that could encourage...
Can marijuana clow HIV progression?
The chronic intake of THC, the primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, can protect critical immune tissue in the gut from the damaging effects of...