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From: Tim Campbell on 25 Jan 2010 13:27 On Jan 24, 4:28 pm, dr_jeff <u...(a)msu.edu> wrote: > Really? It's useful when prescribed by a physician for chronic kidney > disease. However, as for preventing colds, I am waiting for the good > scientific evidence. I just knocked out a cold that was appearing to be on a very bad track; possibly moving into pneumnia. From about an hour or so after my first dose of bicarb I was turning around. My fever which had been trending upward for several days began trending downward and after a few days rested at normal again. Love empirical data. As William Cowden, M.D. once noted: "A certain herb giving a certain effect among one million Chinese peasants IS data."
From: dr_jeff on 25 Jan 2010 18:29 Tim Campbell wrote: > On Jan 24, 4:28 pm, dr_jeff <u...(a)msu.edu> wrote: > >> Really? It's useful when prescribed by a physician for chronic kidney >> disease. However, as for preventing colds, I am waiting for the good >> scientific evidence. > > I just knocked out a cold that was appearing to be on a very bad > track; possibly moving into pneumnia. How do you know that you didn't just happen to take the bicarb when you were at your worst and about to get better? > From about an hour or so after > my first dose of bicarb I was turning around. My fever which had been > trending upward for several days began trending downward and after a > few days rested at normal again. And what would have happened if you didn't take the bicarb? You would have gotten better on your own. > Love empirical data. As William Cowden, M.D. once noted: "A certain > herb giving a certain effect among one million Chinese peasants IS > data." Whatever. Yet what you're talking about is an anecdote. And data are not necessarily useful. Jeff
From: rpautrey2 on 25 Jan 2010 18:56 On Jan 25, 5:29 pm, dr_jeff <u...(a)msu.edu> wrote: > Tim Campbell wrote: > > On Jan 24, 4:28 pm, dr_jeff <u...(a)msu.edu> wrote: > > >> Really? It's useful when prescribed by a physician for chronic kidney > >> disease. However, as for preventing colds, I am waiting for the good > >> scientific evidence. > > > I just knocked out a cold that was appearing to be on a very bad > > track; possibly moving into pneumnia. > > How do you know that you didn't just happen to take the bicarb when you > were at your worst and about to get better? > > > From about an hour or so after > > my first dose of bicarb I was turning around. My fever which had been > > trending upward for several days began trending downward and after a > > few days rested at normal again. > > And what would have happened if you didn't take the bicarb? You would > have gotten better on your own. > > > Love empirical data. As William Cowden, M.D. once noted: "A certain > > herb giving a certain effect among one million Chinese peasants IS > > data." > > Whatever. Yet what you're talking about is an anecdote. And data are not > necessarily useful. > > Jeff Killer, Impersonating an MD is a crime!
From: john on 26 Jan 2010 04:54 "dr_jeff" <utz(a)msu.edu> wrote in message news:EI- > > Whatever. Yet what you're talking about is an anecdote. And data are not > necessarily useful. > > Jeff Bollocks http://www.whale.to/a/anecdotes_h.html
From: Tim Campbell on 26 Jan 2010 17:24
On Jan 25, 5:29 pm, dr_jeff <u...(a)msu.edu> wrote: > > How do you know that you didn't just happen to take the bicarb when you > were at your worst and about to get better? I don't. Except that now, as I have been talking about this to family and friends I am finding others whose parents and grand parents knew about this. And my sister stopped a cold in its tracks this way last weekend.... Peculiar sort of mass delusion going on apparently...;^) |