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CONEM's links for authors cover all aspects from scientific writing in English and manuscript preparation to article promotion: http://www.conem.org/links/resources-authors. Do you know about...
11 November 2018 5,874 7 View
The majority of the cancer drugs that came on the European market between 2009 and 2013 had no proven effect on either the life expectancy or the quality of life (Davies et al. 2017)....
10 October 2017 4,780 12 View
A study by Peeters et al. (2017) suggests that sugar traps cancer in a 'vicious cycle' which make it more aggressive and harder to treat (1). On the question-and-answer site Quora, Ray Schilling,...
10 October 2017 3,245 14 View
Status quo and perspectives
08 August 2017 8,381 25 View
Editorial peer review is widely used to select submissions to journals for publication and is presumed to improve their usefulness. However, its effects are uncertain (Jefferson et al. 2012). Do...
09 September 2016 1,393 3 View
Edge.org’s website: "Ideas change, and the times we live in change. Perhaps the biggest change today is the rate of change."
09 September 2015 1,790 11 View
Horton (2015) states: "The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue. Afflicted by studies with small sample sizes, tiny...
09 September 2015 5,415 12 View
May the reason for this be animal protein (especially leucine), zoonotic viruses, glycotoxins, trans fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, heme iron, or industrial pollutants?
08 August 2015 8,033 8 View
I should be grateful to know your own impressions and points of view. If you are interested in nutrition and cancer, you may find this paper of...
08 August 2015 9,650 9 View
Current knowledge and ongoing research
08 August 2015 7,399 9 View
Diet is arguably the single most important preventive measure for healthy aging because it affects the functioning of every organ in the body and is a factor both in the development of disease and...
07 July 2015 945 3 View
Not all research results get published. Sometimes results showing something other than what the researchers or the funders had hoped for not get published. Other times, the researchers have...
03 March 2015 3,065 6 View
Please inform me about relevant open access journals after this criteria: indexed in PubMed, Impact Factor, and no publication fees.
03 March 2014 9,834 24 View
Homeopathy as a system of medicine was developed by the German medical doctor Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843). It involves treating the individual with highly diluted substances, given mainly in...
03 March 2014 2,379 40 View
As an example for the discussion: a video with incredible stories of two pediatric cannabis patients: http://tinyurl.com/ogzx9jm
01 January 2014 4,947 15 View
Especially in alternative medicine, hair analysis often used to detect deficits and surpluses of minerals and trace elements. Are these tests reliable? What are the minerals and trace elements...
01 January 2014 5,466 43 View
In Norway there exists two doctoral degrees: the normal PhD degree and the degree of Dr. Philos. (doctor philosophiae). The last mentioned, the Dr.Philos. degree in Norway may be conferred on...
12 December 2013 8,069 8 View
What challenges do we face in relation to research on nutrition and mental health?
11 November 2013 7,005 25 View
This is first of all a question about publishing ethics. An other problem may be that you are neither satisfied with the manuscript or the journal that is selected.
09 September 2013 663 30 View
The manuscript is about 3800 words, and should be suitable for publication in a medical journal with low impact factor indexed in PubMed/Medline.
09 September 2013 6,373 9 View
Lifestyle and health: From discussion to tangible results
09 September 2013 2,781 44 View
08 August 2013 5,632 92 View
Mouse models are often used in research on human diseases. Very often it turns out that the findings from mouse models can not be applied to humans. Reference: Seok J, Warren HS, Cuenca AG et...
07 July 2013 7,498 11 View
Assessment of violence risk is important for the prevention of violent behavior. Some psychiatric diagnoses involve increased risk of violence. Schizophrenia, and especially the paranoid type, is...
06 June 2013 5,718 17 View
What should be preferred in the treatment of patients ("natural" or "synthetic" vitamins), and why? This includes the question of cost versus benefit.
05 May 2013 6,087 77 View
"One of the essential qualities of the clinician is interest in humanity, for the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient." Dr. Richard C. Cabot (1868-1939), physician,...
04 April 2013 8,777 18 View
Is the human body best designed to eat plant foods, animal foods, or both? Are we herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores? I hope these questions can open a discussion on nutritional and medicinal...
04 April 2013 2,687 48 View
The placebo effect exists, but how much rests on solid evidence?
03 March 2013 8,243 15 View
The answer to this question depends on both geographical, cultural, legal and time-related conditions. Many methods used in alternative medicine, in the Nordic countries, today may be accepted in...
03 March 2013 1,297 55 View
Patient safety is high on the agenda both nationally and internationally.
03 March 2013 8,561 95 View
Migraine is caused by a complex combination of genetic factors, a number of internal factors in the body, and external factors in the environment. Migraine attacks cause biochemical reactions in...
03 March 2013 5,026 42 View
What should researchers do to attract more citations? How do external and internal collaborations impact citations?
01 January 1970 4,782 23 View
In most contexts, the terms alternative medicine, complementary medicine, integrative medicine, holistic medicine, natural medicine, and unconventional medicine are almost synonymous.
01 January 1970 1,617 42 View
