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		<title>Joseph Chikelue Obi Update 2</title>
		<link>http://badchemist.net/medicine-and-health/joseph-chikelue-obi-update-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>badchemist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this all us bloggers who decided to defend another&#8217;s freedom of speech are shills for the GMC. We are sponsored by them apparently, as were the journalists who wrote the articles referenced by Quackometer, and others, about Obi previously.
When I was told that the Enemies of Alternative Medicine had recruited 5000 (Five Thousand) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Linzi Boyd &#8211; Lifestyle Consultant</title>
		<link>http://badchemist.net/medicine-and-health/linzi-boyd-lifestyle-consultant</link>
		<comments>http://badchemist.net/medicine-and-health/linzi-boyd-lifestyle-consultant#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>badchemist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m not alone in thinking that all celebrity `nutritionists&#8217; walk hand in hand with quackery. Whilst perusing my RSS feeds earlier I came across some useful detox advice in the Torygraph. To be honest the article isn&#8217;t that bad, just some helpful advice for when you need feel like detoxing. Although, as any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jazz to cure all ills</title>
		<link>http://badchemist.net/badscience/jazz-to-cure-all-ills</link>
		<comments>http://badchemist.net/badscience/jazz-to-cure-all-ills#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>badchemist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I realise that I seem to be posting a lot tonight but boredom, beer and thesis avoidance has led to me following some interesting links. Thanks to the comments on DC&#8217;s latest post of homeopathy I&#8217;m come across this gem from Peter Chappell.
Those of you who read Bad Science will already have heard of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pill and Cervical Cancer</title>
		<link>http://badchemist.net/good-science/the-pill-and-cervical-cancer</link>
		<comments>http://badchemist.net/good-science/the-pill-and-cervical-cancer#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>badchemist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the media today there have been several reports of the increased risk of cervical cancer for women taking the contraceptive pill. All these reports relate to a Lancet article that has been published this week &#8211; unfortunately I won&#8217;t get access until next week when it hits &#8220;Pill cancer risk soars&#8221;. This seems a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Observer learns about science again, sort of&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://badchemist.net/good-science/observer-learns-about-science-again-sort-of</link>
		<comments>http://badchemist.net/good-science/observer-learns-about-science-again-sort-of#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>badchemist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently the Observer has made a few scientific faux pas. In July we had the old MMR-autism chestnut and then we had thoroughly debunked at badscience.
Despite this inability to understand basic science there is an article in today&#8217;s Observer that is remarkably sensible &#8211; The cranks who swear by citronella oil. The article is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Health Screening: lunacy of lifesaver?</title>
		<link>http://badchemist.net/badscience/alternative-health-screening-lunacy-of-lifesaver</link>
		<comments>http://badchemist.net/badscience/alternative-health-screening-lunacy-of-lifesaver#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>badchemist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Mail today, there is a surprisingly sensible article on alternative health screening with a road test to boot.
Prior to trying out this &#8220;screenings&#8221; the author, Charlotte Dovey, rather more sensibly paid BUPA to screen using conventional methods &#8211; blood tests and the like. According to the BUPA Wellwoman Health Assessment (£265 a go):
After the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bang! And the dirt is gone.</title>
		<link>http://badchemist.net/medicine-and-health/bang-and-the-dirt-is-gone</link>
		<comments>http://badchemist.net/medicine-and-health/bang-and-the-dirt-is-gone#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>badchemist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew at Apathy Sketchpad has posted on the topic of Nurofen, its dubious advertising and the incredible bullshit they feature on their website. Go have a read there&#8217;s some interesting stuff.
I only have one slight problem with the piece &#8211; the sense of surprise that quackery would be pushed by a brand like Nurofen. Nurofen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sugar confusion and some (relatively) sane advice from Holford</title>
		<link>http://badchemist.net/badscience/sugar-confusion-and-some-relatively-sane-advice-from-holford</link>
		<comments>http://badchemist.net/badscience/sugar-confusion-and-some-relatively-sane-advice-from-holford#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>badchemist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a story in in the Mail regarding obesity and sugar consumption. The content in itself is rather dubious, Professor Glenn Gaesser of Univ. of Virginia is claiming that carbohydrates are not fattening but he is part funded by the baking industry. Conflict of interests may arise here I feel.
In the comments we also have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stem Cells &#8216;Prompt cancer spread&#8217; &#8211; Updated</title>
		<link>http://badchemist.net/science-communication/stem-cells-prompt-cancer-spread</link>
		<comments>http://badchemist.net/science-communication/stem-cells-prompt-cancer-spread#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>badchemist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC reports that &#8220;Stem Cells &#8216;Prompt cancer spread&#8217;&#8221;. This is a fantastically misleading headline. Although the story does concern the increased rate metastasis of tumours in the presence of stem cells the point of the research is &#8220;if stem cells increase metastasis then blocking stem cell action could reduce metastasis&#8221;.*
I&#8217;m just waiting for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More supplements&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://badchemist.net/medicine-and-health/more-supplements</link>
		<comments>http://badchemist.net/medicine-and-health/more-supplements#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>badchemist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Daily Hate is running a story on a future trial on food supplement pills for the prevention of cancer. I have no problem with this research in principle, assuming it is well-designed (blinded, placebo-controlled, randomised) and meaningful but the thing I don&#8217;t understand is why we need to make everything into a simple &#8220;cure-all&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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