September 2011 Shuffle the cards and the reader will believe you! Misleading papers about the benefits of statin treatment published by research groups from prestigious universities are countless. Here is an example. In 2003 the results from a large, multinational …
July 2011 Half a year ago I told you about the new Cochrane report the authors of which concluded that the benefit from statin treatment of people without heart disease is questionable. What I didn´t tell about was the results …
June 2011 How to explain away bad results Using a new technique named strain imaging US researchers have found that statin treatment decreases myocardial function. This is not new knowledge, of course; just consult the writings of our members Alena …
May 2011 Obesity – a man-made problem More and more scientists realize that the cholesterol campaign is the greatest medical scandal of modern time. Here you can listen to a brilliant talk “How Bad Science and Big Business Created the …
January 2011 How to cover up the bad news You have probably read about the new report from the Cochrane Collaboration mentioned in many of the major media recently, for instance The Telegraph, BBC, Boston Globe, CBC News, LA Times, and Reuters. …
December 2010 Fraud revealed Do you believe in medical science? Do you think that what has been published in the major medical journals reflects the truth and nothing but he truth? Then read this article by John Ioannidis entitled ”Lies, …
October 2010 How to get the desired results A colleague of mine asked about my view on an article in Science Daily. Here you can read that ”A new study by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) provides …
July 2010 The China Story – from Alice in Wonderland? Have you been mislead by Colin Campbell? Here is an excellent analysis of his book The China Study by our member Denise Minger. It is sad that this book has had …
April 2010 The press is awakening The press is awakening. Here you will find interesting articles from major newspapers and journals: John von Radowitz, (The Independent): 85% of new drugs ‘offer few benefits’ Melinda Wenner Moyer (Scientific American): It’s Not …
September 2009 The statins are better than snake oil It is often said that statins are good for almost any human disease. The method used to ‘prove’ that is to compare people on statin treatment with untreated people. Most people …