[senco-forum] On Newsnight this evening

From: Trow, Stephen <StephenTrow at monmouthshire.gov.uk>

Different 'trial', Stephen!  The one Ben Goldacre has been criticising is the one in which all Y11 pupils were given fish oils to take, in the expectation that it would enhance their GCSE results.  

Our school participated, so I can enlarge on its defficiencies if you want...

Maggie

--- On Fri, 4/4/08, Trow, Stephen <StephenTrow at monmouthshire.gov.uk> wrote:

> From: Trow, Stephen <StephenTrow at monmouthshire.gov.uk>
> Subject: Re: [senco-forum] On Newsnight this evening
> To: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
> Date: Friday, 4 April, 2008, 2:48 PM
> Seems the Durham trial DID have a placebo afterall!
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> Also included on the Badscience site is the recent
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> it did not contain a placebo group.... 
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> http://www.badscience.net/?p=649#more-649
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> Ben Goldacre of the Guardian has been busy investigating
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> nutritionists, in particular, one Patrick Holford...
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> http://www.badscience.net/?cat=70
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