Points of Interest 12/08/2014

The Food Babe Takes on Her Critics. "It’s worth noting that she lumps the criticism and attacks together, so as not to differentiate between any legitimate, bylined critiques and anonymous web pages or trolling Facebook commenters. Additionally, Food Babe characterizes all the disapproval as personal attacks,  cyber-bullying and harassment. It’s a brazen attempt to delegitimize any criticism of her."

Syst Rev. 2014 Dec 6;3(1):142. Randomised placebo-controlled trials of individualised homeopathic treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis.. "Medicines prescribed in individualised homeopathy may have small, specific treatment effects. Findings are consistent with sub-group data available in a previous 'global' systematic review. The low or unclear overall quality of the evidence prompts caution in interpreting the findings. New high-quality RCT research is necessary to enable more decisive interpretation." Yes. Let us test water for the treatment of disease. See next.

Lord Winston says Tory's support for homeopathy is lunatic: Fertility expert 'can't believe' MP David Tredinnick is allowed on health committee

Anti-polio drive: 1600 parents refuse to get their children vaccinated

Study: Teaching anti-vaxxers that the flu shot is safe only makes things worse Convincing people to get vaccinated is going to take a lot more than good information, researchers show.

How Effective Are Flu Shots?. It varies greatly year to year.

Most Parents Want Their Daycares To Require All Kids To Be Vaccinated