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Dolcefino: "Burzynski has published!"
What are we to make of Wayne Dolcifinos assertion that Burzynski has published clinical data?
But not in peer reviewed medical journals in annual reports to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission? Continue reading
Posted in Featured, headline, news, opinion, research, Scepticism, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged ANP, Burzynski, clinical trials, david james, Keir Liddle, results, SEC filings, Wayne dolcefino
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Burzynski: The CDA-2 Saga
There have been some interesting developments on the #Burzynski hashtag over on twitter related to a chemical solution known as CDA-2.
What are the potential implications of this for critics and skeptics of Burzynski? Continue reading
Posted in Featured, headline, opinion, research, Scepticism, Science
Tagged alternative medicine, ANP, antineoplaston, Burzynski, cancer, CDA-2, China, Keir Liddle, PDiddymus, research
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iPads for tramps – good news for London
To track the spread and symptoms of treatment resistant TB members of the homeless were given iPads. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, headline, opinion, research, Scepticism
Tagged homeless, infectious disease, ipad, ipads, Mike Head, tb, tuberculosis
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A (near) human tragedy, and a visit to the dentist
Some time a little less than 2 million years ago, an adult female of the family of apelike creatures to which humans are related by descent was walking through the woodland of southern Africa with her younger companion (child? brother?) when the soft soil gave way beneath their feet… Continue reading
Posted in headline, research, Science
Tagged Australopithecus Africanus, Australopithecus sediba, carbon dating, darwin, evolution, paul braterman, Wallace
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Bite Sized Science: Square jawed tough guy?
The image of the rugged, wide faced, square jawed tough guy conjures up all manner of stereotypes about what kind of person they are. But how many of these hold true? Continue reading
Chiropractic: a treatment for neck pain or a pain in the neck?
Chiropractic has not often been out of the news in recent months – bad news, that it! Edzard Ernst explains in this 21st Floor guest post. Continue reading
Posted in headline, opinion, research, Scepticism, Science
Tagged alternative medicine, Chiropractice, Edzard Ernst, neck pain
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Sleeping with one eye open
Peter Harrison explores the Delphinidae and curious sleep phenomena. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, research, Science
Tagged biology, curious sleep phenomena, delphinidae, doplhins, evolution, marine biology, peter harrison, zoology
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In the Arena
Jennie Kermode wonders if Cameron faces a slave revolt over the “Spartacus report” published recently on the proposed changes to Disability Living Allowance. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, headline, opinion, research
Tagged benefits, disability, DLA, Jennie Kermode, PIP, politics, research
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Psychobabble: Atheists in Foxholes?
Are there any atheists in foxholes? Keir Liddle looks at some of the research to try and find the answer. Continue reading
Posted in headline, research, Science
Tagged atheism, death anxiety, foxholes, psychobabble, religious belief
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Ben Still Interview: Faster than Light Neutrinos
A sensational announcement was made recently by neutrino researchers at the Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus experiment (i.e. the OPERA experiment) – they think they have detected neutrinos that have broken nature’s speed limit: the speed of light. Continue reading
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Tagged ben still, faster than light neutrinos, interview, kash farooq, physics
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