I don't think Dusenbery is making any accusations relating to why some diseases disproportionately affect women. But given that some diseases do,...
So why does anonymous data collection mean no ethics approval needed? Although the scope of ethics issues to be considered may have reduced, it...
Heerrrruuummmpphhh! [Sulk!] ... :whistle::p:):D Sorry Graham, I was in iPhone mode yesterday, and missed your earlier post.
I agree with this. It is a strong possibility the authors already had built in bias to prove their favoured treatments worked, rather than a truly...
Yes.
Should the drafting of a letter be public before it is finalised?
@Sasha The bolded bit could be a bit tricky, because no matter how much you try to identify roles with potential COI there will always be others -...
I would be interested to understand a bit deeper about the children "who did not respond well to treatment", which is a rather imprecise...
Very good. Glad to see the point brought out of treatment recommended has potential to cause harm. Happy for you to add my name, Barry Chamley.
Out of my depth here until I learn a bit more, but I suppose it depends what level of analysis would have been needed on the early data in order...
And those with less severe symptoms are probably more likely to subjectively self report improvement even though none actually exists.
I think it would work much better as a pantomime/farce, with an audience full of scientists savvy with trials methodology. You would only need to...
You got there before me :). Peer reviewing is not unique to science, but seems to have taken on a life of its own somehow within some areas of the...
That's brilliant, though of course I wasn't referring only to financial benefits.
Excellent. A few gems:
Absolutely right. Great to have this sort of involvement with the scientific community. Hopefully these sessions will prove beneficial to all...
You could imagine laying on a pantomime for the scientific community, and there would be so much material available!
No conflicts of interests there then!
Especially as the full trial it morphed into was the very trial being assessed for feasibility in the first place. Not just outcome switching when...
Interesting.
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