Les Rose
@majikthyse.bsky.social
Retired clinical research scientist, but have never been busier. I just don't get paid! Debunker of quackery, classic car owner, RC model flyer, choral singer. Trustee of HealthSense and of Salisbury Musical Society. How did I ever have time to go to work?
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand with the BBC: tell leaders don’t pay Trump a penny! 38d.gs/2auv
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand...
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand...
38d.gs
December 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand with the BBC: tell leaders don’t pay Trump a penny! 38d.gs/2auv
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Spinal manipulation for primary and secondary dysmenorrhoea? No!!! edzardernst.com/2025/12/spin...
Spinal manipulation for primary and secondary dysmenorrhoea? No!!!
Dysmenorrhoea refers to the occurrence of painful menstrual cramps of uterine origin and is a common gynaecological condition. The efficacy of medical treatments such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatori...
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December 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Spinal manipulation for primary and secondary dysmenorrhoea? No!!! edzardernst.com/2025/12/spin...
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CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY FOR PRETERM NEONATES AND INFANTS: nonsensical research of nonsense does not make sense. edzardernst.com/2025/12/cran...
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY FOR PRETERM NEONATES AND INFANTS: nonsensical research of nonsense does not make sense.
This pilot study evaluates changes in sensorimotor responses in premature infants after receiving craniosacral therapy. The study included a total of 63 infants born between 28 and 31 weeks of gestati...
edzardernst.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:38 AM
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY FOR PRETERM NEONATES AND INFANTS: nonsensical research of nonsense does not make sense. edzardernst.com/2025/12/cran...
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Integrative Medicine Education for Medical Students? NO, IT'S NONSENSE! edzardernst.com/2025/12/inte...
Integrative Medicine Education for Medical Students? NO, IT’S NONSENSE!
This paper reports a project aimed to develop and refine an integrative medicine (IM) elective to improve health education and learning, thereby enhancing future physicians’ knowledge, skills, and sel...
edzardernst.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Integrative Medicine Education for Medical Students? NO, IT'S NONSENSE! edzardernst.com/2025/12/inte...
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Anti-aging: the “tomorrowland of health” edzardernst.com/2025/12/anti...
Anti-aging: the “tomorrowland of health”
In my frantic ambition to stay young for ever (just kidding!), I came across an interesting article about the "longevity doctor" Mohammed Enayats who claims to have cut his biological age from 41 to 2...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Anti-aging: the “tomorrowland of health” edzardernst.com/2025/12/anti...
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An elective course on HOMEOPATHY for pharmacy students? edzardernst.com/2025/12/an-e...
An elective course on HOMEOPATHY for pharmacy students?
The elective "Introduction to Homeopathic Medicines" at the University of the Pacific, Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy was first offered in fall 2024. It is led by Professor of Pharmacy Practice Kat...
edzardernst.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
An elective course on HOMEOPATHY for pharmacy students? edzardernst.com/2025/12/an-e...
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Osteopathic treatment of infants with infantile colic ... or: HOW TO CHEAT WITH SEEMINGLY RIGOROUS CLINICAL TRIALS edzardernst.com/2025/12/oste...
Osteopathic treatment of infants with infantile colic … or: HOW TO CHEAT WITH SEEMINGLY RIGOROUS CLINICAL TRIALS
Colic in infants causes excessive crying in an otherwise healthy and thriving baby. Colic is a common but poorly understood and often frustrating problem for caregivers. The objective of this trial wa...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Osteopathic treatment of infants with infantile colic ... or: HOW TO CHEAT WITH SEEMINGLY RIGOROUS CLINICAL TRIALS edzardernst.com/2025/12/oste...
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CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY FOR PRETERM NEONATES AND INFANTS: nonsensical research of nonsense does not make sense. edzardernst.com/2025/12/cran...
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY FOR PRETERM NEONATES AND INFANTS: nonsensical research of nonsense does not make sense.
This pilot study evaluates changes in sensorimotor responses in premature infants after receiving craniosacral therapy. The study included a total of 63 infants born between 28 and 31 weeks of gestati...
edzardernst.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY FOR PRETERM NEONATES AND INFANTS: nonsensical research of nonsense does not make sense. edzardernst.com/2025/12/cran...
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i hope they know about paper mills, for whom this is a popular topic
WHO to explore evidence for and regulation of alternative & traditional medicine.
Will they actually apply same standards of evidence?
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Will they actually apply same standards of evidence?
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘A potential treasure trove’: World Health Organization to explore benefits of traditional medicines
UN body to study possibility of integrating centuries-old practices into mainstream healthcare
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:14 AM
i hope they know about paper mills, for whom this is a popular topic
Good grief
WHO to explore evidence for and regulation of alternative & traditional medicine.
Will they actually apply same standards of evidence?
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Will they actually apply same standards of evidence?
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘A potential treasure trove’: World Health Organization to explore benefits of traditional medicines
UN body to study possibility of integrating centuries-old practices into mainstream healthcare
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Good grief
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MOST OSTEOPATHIC RCTs ARE OF POOR QUALITY AND THEIR FINDINGS ARE THUS UNRELIABLE edzardernst.com/2025/12/most...
MOST OSTEOPATHIC RCTs ARE OF POOR QUALITY AND THEIR FINDINGS ARE THUS UNRELIABLE
The objective of this systematic review was to investigate trustworthiness, i.e. the methodological rigor, transparency, good governance, research integrity, and absence of misconduct, of randomized c...
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December 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
MOST OSTEOPATHIC RCTs ARE OF POOR QUALITY AND THEIR FINDINGS ARE THUS UNRELIABLE edzardernst.com/2025/12/most...
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Integrative Medicine Education for Medical Students? NO, IT'S NONSENSE! edzardernst.com/2025/12/inte...
Integrative Medicine Education for Medical Students? NO, IT’S NONSENSE!
This paper reports a project aimed to develop and refine an integrative medicine (IM) elective to improve health education and learning, thereby enhancing future physicians’ knowledge, skills, and sel...
edzardernst.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Integrative Medicine Education for Medical Students? NO, IT'S NONSENSE! edzardernst.com/2025/12/inte...
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Donald Trump has made it his explicit policy to interfere in European politics and ‘cultivate resistance’ in the UK and elsewhere.
The government should include the US administration in the scope of its investigation.
The government should include the US administration in the scope of its investigation.
December 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Donald Trump has made it his explicit policy to interfere in European politics and ‘cultivate resistance’ in the UK and elsewhere.
The government should include the US administration in the scope of its investigation.
The government should include the US administration in the scope of its investigation.
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NEW
Donald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle begins
The president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Donald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle begins
The president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Donald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle begins
The president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
NEW
Donald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle begins
The president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Donald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle begins
The president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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Nature makes it a condition of publication that the data should be available. It doesn't enforce it. The conditions for releasing the data for the latest Zoe diet trial (Tim Spector) preclude people who want to check the analysis. This is #badscience.
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
PubPeer - Effects of a personalized nutrition program on cardiometabol...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Effects of a personalized nutrition program on cardiometabolic health: a randomized controlled trial (2024)
pubpeer.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Nature makes it a condition of publication that the data should be available. It doesn't enforce it. The conditions for releasing the data for the latest Zoe diet trial (Tim Spector) preclude people who want to check the analysis. This is #badscience.
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
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An elective course on HOMEOPATHY for pharmacy students? edzardernst.com/2025/12/an-e...
An elective course on HOMEOPATHY for pharmacy students?
The elective "Introduction to Homeopathic Medicines" at the University of the Pacific, Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy was first offered in fall 2024. It is led by Professor of Pharmacy Practice Kat...
edzardernst.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
An elective course on HOMEOPATHY for pharmacy students? edzardernst.com/2025/12/an-e...
🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever.
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Over 100,000 acres of our public forests used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger than the Isle of W...
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🌳Vast areas of our most vital habitat are at risk of being lost forever.
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Will you join Dame Judi Dench and @wildcard.land in calling for DEFRA to fund the restoration of our publicly owned ancient woodlands?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
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NOW OUTSIDE PAYWALL
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
By me
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
By me
December 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
NOW OUTSIDE PAYWALL
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
By me
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
By me
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Since our last post we’ve launched a petition to tell Keir Starmer + BBC bosses:
Do everything you can to defend our BBC from Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit. Don't give in, don't settle and don’t let him take a single penny.
20,161 people have already signed. Join them:
Do everything you can to defend our BBC from Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit. Don't give in, don't settle and don’t let him take a single penny.
20,161 people have already signed. Join them:
Stand up for our BBC - don’t give Trump a penny!
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill.…
38d.gs
December 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Since our last post we’ve launched a petition to tell Keir Starmer + BBC bosses:
Do everything you can to defend our BBC from Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit. Don't give in, don't settle and don’t let him take a single penny.
20,161 people have already signed. Join them:
Do everything you can to defend our BBC from Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit. Don't give in, don't settle and don’t let him take a single penny.
20,161 people have already signed. Join them:
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wins Shkreli Award edzardernst.com/2025/12/robe... via @edzardernst
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wins this year’s Shkreli Award
It has been reported that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the top spot in this year's Shkreli Awards from the Lown Institute. The annual awards call out greed and fraud in the healthcare indu...
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December 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wins Shkreli Award edzardernst.com/2025/12/robe... via @edzardernst
A small handful of unaccountable peers trying to torpedo a bill backed by MPs and the public is not democracy. Please sign the letter.
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/183631/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/183631/...
A small handful of peers
A small handful of unaccountable peers trying to torpedo a bill backed by MPs and the public is not democracy. Please sign the letter.
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A small handful of unaccountable peers trying to torpedo a bill backed by MPs and the public is not democracy. Please sign the letter.
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/183631/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/183631/...
As seen in @privateeyenews.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
As seen in @privateeyenews.bsky.social
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Not easy to get to sleep tonight - have burnt the bridge of whatever career I had left and really don’t feel that my opinions are so extreme that that should have been necessary
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Not easy to get to sleep tonight - have burnt the bridge of whatever career I had left and really don’t feel that my opinions are so extreme that that should have been necessary
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The Effects of a Saffron on Mood and General Wellbeing in Adults Experiencing Low Mood edzardernst.com/2025/12/the-...
The Effects of a Saffron on Mood and General Wellbeing in Adults Experiencing Low Mood
Saffron, the stigmas of Crocus sativus L., has been used extensively in traditional herbal medicine. Since several years, the research interest in this plant is intense. Thus numerous clinical trials ...
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December 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The Effects of a Saffron on Mood and General Wellbeing in Adults Experiencing Low Mood edzardernst.com/2025/12/the-...