Re: "Statins caused my kidney failure"

From: Herman Rubin (hrubin_at_odds.stat.purdue.edu)
Date: 07/11/04 

Date: 11 Jul 2004 15:04:52 -0500

In article <10f2veso3e8aif0@corp.supernews.com>,
Robert <Robert@hotmail.com> wrote:

>"Herman Rubin" <hrubin@odds.stat.purdue.edu> wrote in message
>news:ccriap$qa6@odds.stat.purdue.edu...
>> In article <J6EHc.13807$yy1.4318@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
>> George Conklin <nilknoc@earthlink.net> wrote:

>> >"Robert" <Robert@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >news:10etv2ht07l5g93@corp.supernews.com...

>> >> "George Conklin" <nilknoc@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> >> news:6JvHc.7971$sD4.715@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...

>> >> > "Herman Rubin" <hrubin@odds.stat.purdue.edu> wrote in message
>> >> > news:ccl0n2$2c5q@odds.stat.purdue.edu...
>> >> > > In article <25e68f26.0407070733.41be7349@posting.google.com>,
>> >> > > Pete C. <peterc_7@hotmail.com> wrote:

                         ........................

>> My first encounter with this was when a physicist asked me
>> why published data gave a 15% effect when theory could not
>> get more than 10%. Even though the effect was there, most
>> experiments giving insignificant results were not published.

>With the money you guys get selling T-shirts you can use it to pay the
>researchers to publish insignificant results. I think that is a great idea.
>Good idea Herman thanks.

NOT so good. It is hard to keep up with the literature now.
Ten times as much, the publishers could not handle.

But the manufacturer of a device could provide the known
information, including negative, to prospective purchasers. 

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