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Adding to the steaming pile of unsubstantiated hype over probiotics, the New York Times ran an uncritical article this week suggesting that a probiotic of heat-killed bacteria can treat obesity.
Of course, the data behind the story does not suggest that. In fact, the study is so small and the data so noisy and indirect, it's impossible to come to any conclusions about efficacy. There's also the nit-picky complaint that the study deals with dead bacteria, while probiotics are generally defined as being live bacteria. More importantly, the study was authored by researchers with a clear financial stake in the treatment succeeding. They hold a patent on the treatment and have started a company based on it—two details the New York Times seems to have forgotten to mention.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 08 2019, @01:28PM (1 child)
virtual +1 hilarious because if i don't laugh i'll cry
2020 will be the first time i haven't voted in a federal/state election. biden i just can't even
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday July 09 2019, @04:48AM
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html [realclearpolitics.com]
His position isn't secure yet. Harris took him down a peg in the debate.
Now he's trotting out his non-dead wife [cnn.com] to tell everybody he's not racist.
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