Jim McVeagh • Jan 31, 2010 •
Spam Journalism: The spurious use of sensational headlines to add spice to an otherwise pointless article. Thanks to Crusader Rabbit for pointing me to this lovely bit of medical spam at News.com.au: Energy drinks’ ’serious’ heart risk JUST one energy drink can cause “serious heart conditions”, a world-first study has found. The report, according to Adelaide Now, has [...] Related … Read More
Amanda Johnson • Dec 17, 2009 •
New research published in the December issue of Archives of Internal Medicine has found that consuming coffee reduces the risk of diabetes. The findings from this meta-analysis, based on over 500,000 individuals with over 21,000 cases of new-onset diabetes, confirm an inverse relationship between coffee consumption and subsequent risk of type 2 diabetes. There was also an inverse relationship between … Read More
Jim McVeagh • Oct 04, 2009 •
I read with some horror that a Herald on Sunday investigation has found an energy drink with 3333mg caffeine per litre in it. The Demon Energy Shot, which contains this horrendous amount of caffeine, gets around the Food Standard Authority regulations (which restricts caffeine to a level of 320mg per litre) by calling itself a [...] … Read More