by Neil Bossenger | Jun 2, 2011 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
A paper from the British Journal of Psychiatry reviewed the evidence of efficacy and acceptability of antidepressant treatments for patients with minor depression. It showed there is unlikely to be a clinically important advantage for antidepressants over placebo in...
by Neil Bossenger | Sep 20, 2010 | Research, Spinewave Bulletin
“Clinical trials of glucosamine and chondroitin – either taken together or separately – have failed to demonstrate a clinically significant benefit for patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis, a meta-analysis found.” For many moons I’ve...
by Neil Bossenger | Jul 5, 2010 | Spinewave Bulletin
This was an advert from the latest Australian Reader’s Digest (click to enlarge) which made me think of the ads that used to come out of the 1950s. The similarity made me laugh, wryly, of course, but there’s no joke about the fact that if I had a dollar...