Pharma company investors call for clinical trials transparency 23 July 2015 We’re delighted to announce that investors representing more than €3.5 trillion in assets are supporting the AllTrials campaign. The group of 85 pension funds and asset managers are asking pharmaceutical companies to set out their plans to get clinical trials, past, present and future,…
Response to “The not-so-sweet truth about sugar” A feature in the Daily Express on Tuesday 21st July by nutritional therapist Kerry Torrens on The not-so-sweet truth about sugar stated that “many processed foods have added sugar which supplies energy in the form of calories and very little else. This means our body has to draw…
Response to reports of human hands being “less evolved” than chimps Articles in the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail reported that a new study had found “human hands may be less evolved than those of chimpanzees”. Dr Susie Cunningham, Lecturer, PFIAO, University of Cape Town responds: “Saying ‘less evolved’ implies human hands are inferior to…
Study author responds to headline “Road from rags to riches can lead to an early death” Articles in The Times(£) and Daily Telegraph on Tuesday 14th July reported that new research had shown that “the stress of overcoming prejudice and beating the odds appears to speed up ageing”. The headline in The Times ran “Road from rags to riches can lead to an…
Making Sense of Screening slideshow We released a new edition of our guide Making Sense of Screening on 3rd July 2015 to address the unrealistic expectations of what screening can deliver. This slideshow is a condensed version of the new edition and enables scientists, clinicians and medics to explain that screening: • rarely benefits all sections of…
“Fizzy drinks ‘kill 180,000 a year’” “Fizzy drinks ‘kill 180,000 a year’” Articles in the Daily Mail, The Times (£) and The Sun on Tuesday 30th June claimed that new research shows sugary drinks are to blame for about 184,000 deaths a year worldwide. However, the research is based on assumptions and only uses responses…
GM field trial threatened by vandals publishes results 25 June 2015 Scientists ready to answer your questions on new study results. In May 2012 researchers at the publicly funded Rothamsted Research were threatened by a group intent on vandalising a field trial of aphid resistant GM wheat. At the time the scientists appealed for discussion…
“Cancer risk from chemical cocktail” Articles in The Daily Mail and The Times (£) on Tuesday 23rd June 2015 claim that new research shows exposure to low doses of a ‘cocktail’ of chemicals found in everyday household items can cause cancer. In fact the research does not show this link. Instead the series of reviews calls…
Researchers respond to headlines claiming “Everyday plastics plunge men into fertility crisis” Articles in The Times(£), and in The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Mail on Thursday 18th June 2015 claimed synthetic chemicals in cosmetics and sunscreen are harming sperm quality. They advised that men should “stop wearing sunscreen and pregnant women should avoid make-up…
Researchers respond to headlines claiming “Sunscreen blamed for drop in sperm counts” Articles in The Times(£), The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Mail on Thursday 18th June 2015 claimed synthetic chemicals in cosmetics and sunscreen are harming sperm quality. They advised that men should “stop wearing sunscreen and pregnant women should avoid make-up and sun…