Posts by prosciencemum

Quote:Originally Posted by BeckyBird  Along with fluoridated water! I'm sorry. I just can't help thinking of Dr Strangelove when you say that. "No fighting in the war room" and all that! Are you being serious or joking? Honest...

I think this comes back to the age old discussion for science communicaton - whats the right balance between including all caveats and potentially being confusing versus full disclosure. Any statement about scientific consensus is likely...

Quote:Originally Posted by Taximom5 Yeah, like how 14Studies actually wanted studies designed  to be accurate, scientific, free from conflict of interest, and all that stuff, rather than set up with rigged data, etc. I interpret it...

Quote: Originally Posted by ModerateMom  I think it's not shocking news that doctors are human beings who make mistakes.  The bottom line for me is that we're all better off with evidence-based science than not,...

The USA is a strange and fascinating place... ;) 

The opinion piece taxi mom posted suggests in 2000 that 44-98 thousand deaths were caused by malpractice (but includes no reference for that). Even if that's true compared to 2009 death rates it's down to 6-9th cause of death. Curse...

Oh that was quick. From the CDC (2009 stats). http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm Heart disease: 599,413 Cancer: 567,628 Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 137,353 Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,842 Accidents...

Quote:Originally Posted by Imakcerka I'm sure if she just injected herself with Vit C she would not have had a cancer ravaged body.  LOL. I don't know why we're wasting so much time, effort and tax dollars searching for the cure for...

We do everything recommended. I agree the vaccine ingredients sound nasty but it is my (considered and informed) position that there's actually very little to worry about. In most cases the doses are so tiny as to be dwarfed by exposure...

Ok. Well it was funny then!