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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 5 Dec 2018
      Replying to @deNutrients @GasmaNZ and

      The problem with selecting RCTs that agree with you is that you can easily be misled simply due to statistical chance. That is why systematic reviews, and reviews of reviews, are so valuable

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    2. Jennifer Depew, RD‏ @deNutrients 5 Dec 2018
      Replying to @GidMK @GasmaNZ and

      Going back to the original reason I replied to this Thread was a demand that a practicing homeopath pause in his work & spend time providing evidence. I've provided various evidence and it has been a complete waste of my time, except I've found out more about nanoparticles.

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    3. Jennifer Depew, RD‏ @deNutrients 5 Dec 2018
      Replying to @deNutrients @GidMK and

      Many pharmaceuticals are on the market with only slightly better than placebo effect evidence and a fair amount of harmful side effects. Why not discuss those?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 5 Dec 2018
      Replying to @deNutrients @GasmaNZ and

      Because we're talking about homeopathy. No number of ineffective drugs will make homeopathy work, sadly, in much the same way that a bad dentist doesn't prove the existence of the Tooth Fairy

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    5. Jennifer Depew, RD‏ @deNutrients 5 Dec 2018
      Replying to @GidMK @GasmaNZ and

      Jennifer Depew, RD Retweeted Jennifer Depew, RD

      and it seems no amount of evidence about homeopathy will matter to people whose minds are closed to new information.https://twitter.com/deNutrients/status/1070002815303643137 …

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      Jennifer Depew, RD @deNutrients
      Replying to @Goldene_Regel @GasmaNZ @AlanFreestone
      Read the article or stop wasting my and your time. Different remedies have different nanoparticles, different light and electromagnetic signatures - they are different from each other & different from water. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3570304/ …
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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 5 Dec 2018
      Replying to @deNutrients @GasmaNZ and

      Oh, my mind is closed? If you'll check above, I base my opinion on over 150 separate studies that have been formally assessed in a scientific way Did you read the link I posted? And the 200-odd report?

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    7. Jennifer Depew, RD‏ @deNutrients 5 Dec 2018
      Replying to @GidMK @GasmaNZ and

      "There is a paucity of good-quality studies of sufficient size that examine the effectiveness of homeopathy as a treatment for any clinical condition in humans" - ie not enough evidence https://nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/publications/evidence-effectiveness-homeopathy-treating-health-conditions … Effectiveness-of-homeopathy-for-clinical-conditions-overall

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    8. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 5 Dec 2018
      Replying to @deNutrients @GasmaNZ and

      And, of course, the following sentence "The available evidence is not compelling and fails to demonstrate that homeopathy is an effective treatment for any of the reported clinical conditions in humans" - i.e. the evidence doesn't show a benefit anyway

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 5 Dec 2018
      Replying to @GidMK @deNutrients and

      If: 1. All the studies are bad 2. Overall they show homeopathy is useless anyway What possible reason could you have for recommending it as a treatment?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    10. Jennifer Depew, RD‏ @deNutrients 5 Dec 2018
      Replying to @GidMK @GasmaNZ and

      "the available evidence" is not compelling possibly because it wasn't adequate, or maybe the remedies weren't made or given or stored properly. Not enough evidence is not the same as showing something is useless or safe, -- a gov vaccination report concluded not enough evidence.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 5 Dec 2018
      Replying to @deNutrients @GasmaNZ and

      If you think so, design and run a study with a few thousand participants, good randomization, excellent controls, and get back to me Otherwise, best evidence suggests it's nonsense

      5:04 PM - 5 Dec 2018
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        2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 5 Dec 2018
          Replying to @deNutrients @GasmaNZ and

          The thing is, we've got many such studies. As I said, over 170 of them. And by and large, they show that there's no difference between a magical homeopathic pill and one that hasn't been endowed with such magic

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        2. Kategorischer Imperativ‏ @Goldene_Regel 6 Dec 2018
          Replying to @GidMK @deNutrients and

          Oops. She's gone. At quantum speed, I guess. At least I found an entertaining read about Martin Chaplin and his attempts to prove nano/quantum/electric/whatever water memory: https://respectfulinsolence.com/2009/12/15/homeopathy-as-nanopharmacology-the-only/ …

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        3. Jennifer Depew, RD‏ @deNutrients 6 Dec 2018
          Replying to @Goldene_Regel @GidMK and

          Prof. Chaplin made the same point I was trying to make - modern equipment that is able to show nanoparticle/light/electromagnetic differences could make reliable studies and reliable products more possible. None of previous studies are necessarily reliable if remedies untested

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