On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:43:40 +0100, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
wrote:

On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:27:06 +0100, "Simon Mason"
wrote:

The BMA also says it is bad for our health to consume more than two pints of
beer a day, which is tosh as well.

One of the more interesting points about this particular piece of work
is that it is deliberately based only on case-control studies, with
all conflicting evidence excluded. If they had adopted this policy in
respect of HRT and coronary heart disease then they would be advising
that HRT prevents heart disease. Luckily they investigated the
conflicting evidence and found that all the case-control studies had
similar confounding factors, leading to a conclusion which was wrong
in both magnitude and sign: the risk is actually slightly /increased/.

Guy


Cage still rattling Guy?

Get over it.

All they are doing is promoting safer cycling by encouraging the
wearing of helmets.

Surely, the reason that you encourage your children to wear helmets is
because you know that they will be safer?

The BMA are doing just what you are doing - being responsible.

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"Primary position" the middle of a traffic lane. To take the "primary position" : to ride a bike in the middle of the lane in order to obstruct other road vehicles from overtaking.

A term invented by and used by psycholists and not recognised in the Highway Code.