by Tom | Oct 7, 2009 | Science
In the same spirit as the Placebo story, Ben Goldacre reports on a significant breakage in the way we run clinical trials. NB this doesn’t mean that the theoretical construct is broken, merely that we are human in its implementation and let other factors...
by Tom | Oct 7, 2009 | Science
Pharmaceutical-based medicine will be transformed when we work out how to utilise the placebo effect fully. It’s not that the old meds are getting weaker, drug developers say. It’s as if the placebo effect is somehow getting stronger.I guess there will be...
by Tom | Oct 6, 2009 | Science
Just as the use of surgical check lists is improving surgical outcomes, the use of a knowledge management tool in GP practices is improving referral quality. Could this work in the purchasing and commercial space? What other complex areas where communication is tricky...
by Tom | Oct 4, 2009 | Science
Lovely, and receding (like my hair, I hear you say?). Glaciers from space.
by Tom | Oct 4, 2009 | Science
Thinking dead salmon found by MRI scanning team. This is why science is such an extraordinary invention: a result that could upset is used to refine the rigour of our processes.
by Tom | Jul 29, 2009 | Science
Nice guesstimated video of what’s happened to the continents in the past and the future. Funny how spread out we are compared to most other times. Is that an anthropmorphic thing? NB Link now...
