While he admits more research is needed, Jonsson sees a place for flotation in current treatment, pointing out that methods supported by less scientific evidence, like massage and acupuncture, are already used in healthcare.
Partly, I suspect, they are still in thrall to the bigger-is-better axiom: a big, highly successful research programme enhances a medical school's prestige and helps to attract students, faculty, patients and philanthropic donors, so schools with big, prestigious research establishments consider it impolitic to admit that research labs don't enhance medical education very effectively.
Over 83% of study subjects admitted that research was difficult to conduct and this is higher among those who were not involved in research currently (89.3%) as compared to those who were involved (75.3%) (OR = 2.74; 95% CI = 1.20-6.22; p = 0.01).
"If I admit that research analysts can be off-shored to India, that means that I could too".
The National Institutes of Health won't be able to admit new research patients (unless the director deems admission "medically necessary") and won't take action on grant applications.
In their conclusions, Spence and Wang admit the research still has some way to go and doesn't yet include such important components of a wine's structure as tannins, viscosity, oak, alcohol level (or the more nebulous "length" of the aftertaste or the effects of age).
Defra's chief scientist Dr Ian Boyd admitted the research was "very finely balanced".
And don't get me wrong; I'll be the first to admit that research can be numbingly repetitive.
It should be pointed out that the authors freely admit their research is inconclusive - the BHF wants to see more studies before anyone considers changing dietary advice.
First, although there was 14% of the scientific practitioners reportedly witnessed their peers in committing misconducts and questionable practices, only 2% of them admitted their research results involved in such unethical practices as data fabrication, data falsification and plagiarism.
