I had meant to add this at the end of my last post. Since I forgot, I'm posting it here, using up my last precious TIPS post today in the process.
Herrington & Howard (2003), in the current August 7th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, commenting on yet more findings which confirm that hormone replacement therapy is a Bad Idea: "The lesson is that belief, no matter how sincerely held, is no substitute for proof in the form of adequately designed randomized clinical trials when it comes to medical interventions, especially long term interventions that are being contemplated for widespread use in order to prevent disease." And I'd say, for behavioural interventions, too, a caution widely ignored in psychology. Stephen Herrington, D., & Howard, T. (2003). From presumed benefit to potential harm--hormone therapy and heart disease. New England Journal of Medicine, 349, 519-- ______________________________________________________________ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips _________________________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
