Friday, October 26, 2012

Medical Studies Proving False?

If a medical study seems too good to be true, it probably is, according to a new analysis.

In a statistical analysis of nearly 230,000 trials compiled from a variety of disciplines, study results that claimed a "very large effect" rarely held up when other research teams tried to replicate them, researchers reported in Wednesday's edition of the Journal of the American Medical Assn.


-from the October 24, 2012 issue of the Las Angles Times.

Here is the abstract from the AMA article.

My shrinking brain reminds me, "Trust, but verify."

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