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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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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Jan 2020

    When will we get over the ridiculous curcumin/turmeric hype? Study: - narrative review - looked at curcumin NOT turmeric - only considered in vitro (cells in dishes) studies - concluded that the evidence was slim and that more studies were needed Headlines:pic.twitter.com/kSHJxnxJA0

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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Jan 2020

        Study is here. Seriously, it's mostly just two scientists discussing how well curcumin appears to have killed cancer cells in petri dishes:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/10/2376/htm …

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Jan 2020

        And here's the big issue with that - for every 100 compounds that are proven useful for killing cancer cells in petri dishes, only 1-4 are actually useful at treating cancer in peoplepic.twitter.com/I1citCZ4li

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      4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Jan 2020

        Apologies, I was wrong here - the review did include three very small human trials, none of which evaluated cancer survival or progression

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      5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Jan 2020

        As an example, one study looked at people with advanced pancreatic cancer, and found that pretty much all of the people had cancer progression while taking curcumin (but with no control group, so no comparisons made)pic.twitter.com/OSKOFOTwjS

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      1. The Quiet One‏ @DavidCook1959 7 Jan 2020
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        This is probably a simplistic take, but wouldn't most anything kill cancer cells in a petri dish? I'd probably know this if I hadn't avoided life sciences in favor of physical sciences.

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      2. Erik Arnesen  🥦  🎭‏ @erik_arnesen 7 Jan 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Assessed 5000 studies?? No exclusion criteria? 😳

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Jan 2020
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        Well, it was a narrative review so technically no, but they only cited a handful of those 5,000

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      2. Beth Skwarecki‏Verified account @BethSkw 7 Jan 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Turmeric is cheap and accessible, so, never.

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Jan 2020
        Replying to @BethSkw

        I reckon it's also just gross enough (in large quantities) and vaguely exotic to most people making it tick all the boxes for things that people *think* medicine should be

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      1. Marcus Wolford‏ @mvmntcoach 7 Jan 2020
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        Well, Exorcism as healing is now on Netflix, so.... #goop

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