MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'bant'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:01:42 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414823&cid=t_194499_97_f&fid=36415&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D1391 The Nutrition Society is the interim professional body for nutrition. It seems that, unlike so many ‘regulatory bodies’, it may actually take its responsibilities seriously. The following announcement has appeared on their web site. The UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists acts to protect the public and the reputation the nutrition profession On March 4th 2009, a Fitness to Practice Panel was convened to consider an allegation against a registrant, Dr Ann Walker, that her fitness to practise was impaired. The panel considered whether the registrant, in advocating the use of a web based personal nutritional profiling service had complied with the Code of Ethics’ clause 3: This expects all registered nutritionists to “maintain the highest standards of professionalism an... DC's Improbable Science blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414823 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:48:16 +0100 2414823 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2522928&cid=t_194499_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F04%2Fmatthias-rath-steal-this-chapter%2F This is the “missing chapter” about vitamin pill salesman Matthias Rath. Sadly I was unable to write about him at the time that book was initially published, as he was suing my ass in the High Court. The chapter is now available in the new paperback edition, and I’ve posted it here for free so [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2522928 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:25:32 +0100 2522928 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347990&cid=t_194499_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2009%2F04%2Fmatthias-rath-steal-this-chapter%2F This is the “missing chapter” about vitamin pill salesman Matthias Rath. Sadly I was unable to write about him at the time that book was initially published, as he was suing my ass in the High Court. The chapter is now available in the new paperback edition, and I’ve posted it here for free so [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347990 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:25:32 +0100 2347990 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1655414&cid=t_194499_87_f&fid=34591&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.badscience.net%2F2008%2F07%2Fblame-everyone-but-yourselves%2F Ben Goldacre The Guardian, Saturday July 26 2008 Like many professions who kill people with some regularity, doctors have elaborate systems for seeing what went wrong afterwards, and the answer is rarely “Brian did it”. This week the papers have been alive with criticism for quack nutritionism after the case of Dawn Page, a 52 year old [...] (Source: badscience) badscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1655414 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:05:49 +0100 1655414