Comments on: Study of UK Cancer-Moderate-Consumption Paper Shows Fundamental Flaws In Data, Sample Selection, Methodology http://wineindustryinsight.com/?p=1204 News you NEED to know Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:02:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Morton Leslie http://wineindustryinsight.com/?p=1204&cpage=1#comment-373 Morton Leslie Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:02:05 +0000 http://wineindustryinsight.com/?p=1204#comment-373 Sandy Szwarc does a pretty thorough analysis of the evidence at her site Junk Food Science. She actually breaks down the numbers. http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2009/03/in-vino-veritas-part-two.html It was a study simply showing associations, not causations. And the actual study showed a negative result for alcohol and all cancers. Non-drinkers had 0.4% higher cancer rates than drinkers of up to 15 drinks a week. The reporting is just selective for cancers that had higher associated rates, while ignoring all the cancers that had lower associated rates. The study actually looked at 21 cancers, but to hear PBS reporting you wouldn't know. "They found that drinking just one alcoholic drink per day increased the risk of breast, liver and rectal cancer. For women who also smoked, drinking increased the risk of mouth and throat cancer as well. PBS " Duh. Sandy Szwarc does a pretty thorough analysis of the evidence at her site Junk Food Science. She actually breaks down the numbers.

http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2009/03/in-vino-veritas-part-two.html

It was a study simply showing associations, not causations. And the actual study showed a negative result for alcohol and all cancers. Non-drinkers had 0.4% higher cancer rates than drinkers of up to 15 drinks a week. The reporting is just selective for cancers that had higher associated rates, while ignoring all the cancers that had lower associated rates.

The study actually looked at 21 cancers, but to hear PBS reporting you wouldn’t know.

“They found that drinking just one alcoholic drink per day increased the risk of breast, liver and rectal cancer. For women who also smoked, drinking increased the risk of mouth and throat cancer as well. PBS ”

Duh.

]]> By: Jason http://wineindustryinsight.com/?p=1204&cpage=1#comment-350 Jason Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:30:36 +0000 http://wineindustryinsight.com/?p=1204#comment-350 Thanks for continuing to bird dog this. I suspected the science was sketchy when I read the article Wednesday. A friend of mine teaches post-grad mathematics and told me that something like 80% of studies reach erroneous conclusions due to the authors' inability to properly apply statistical methods! Thanks for continuing to bird dog this. I suspected the science was sketchy when I read the article Wednesday.

A friend of mine teaches post-grad mathematics and told me that something like 80% of studies reach erroneous conclusions due to the authors’ inability to properly apply statistical methods!

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