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50% of Medical Studies Leave Out Adverse Side Effects

50% of Medical Studies Leave Out Adverse Side Effects

The majority of modern drugs come with strict warnings. There’s rarely a drug on the market that doesn’t stress the likelihood of dangerous side effects. But apparently the number of negative side effects is a fraction of those reported in the original clinical data. According to a recent analysis published in PLOS Medicine journal, half of all medical reporting on clinical trials leave out adverse side effects. The Research The research was conducted by scientists from the University of East Anglia in the UK. They investigated 28 journal articles that cross-referenced data from up to 500 clinical trials. The team

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Eating Vegetable Oils Could Lead to Fatigue, Dementia and Migraine

Eating Vegetable Oils Could Lead to Fatigue, Dementia and Migraine

Major concerns regarding our diet in the west emerged during the 1950s when the consensus on what constitutes healthy fat began. Gone was the idea that butter and lard were good for us, now they were labelled as the cause of heart disease and weight gain. The Sugar Lobby The truth about this sudden switch has only come to light recently. Researchers uncovered documents confirming that the sugar lobby paid to influence studies showing fat as the biggest threat to our health. At the same time, the food industry scrambled to find an alternative and discovered vegetable oils. Your Brains Worst Enemy Vegetable

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