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Are criminals ‘bad’ or just malnourished?

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Just like overweight individuals are often seen as greedy or lazy (that’s not a view I hold myself, I should add), prison inmates and young delinquents are generally seen as ‘bad’. But are they? Could, for instance, their errant behaviour and criminal ways be related to something more physiological than social or psychological? Say if [...]

Trial results forced out of drug company support the concept that cholesterol may not ’cause’ cardiovascular disease

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Last Monday’s blog featured an article which revealed evidence of ‘publication bias’ (basically, the publication of positive studies and the junking of negative ones) in the area of antidepressant therapy. Not only that, but this study revealed that many negative studies are reported by their authors in a way that makes them look positive. The [...]