On Sun, 17 May 2009 17:04:08 -0700, Christopher D. Green wrote: >More to add to the correlation-is-not-causation collection: > >Research showing that men who retire later have later onset of dementia. >But did anyone consider the possibility that men tend to retire earlier >if they are experiencing cognitive difficulties that mark the start of >dementia? > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6307863.ece
Perhaps more frustrating than the reporting of correlation-as-causation is the typical popular media reporting of research articles with incomplete citation/reference information. This news article is based upon a research report published in the International Journal of Geriatic Psychiatry (IJGP) but the authors are only identified as a "team from Cardiff University and the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London". Simon Lovestone is later identified in the news article as one of the report's authors but a Medline/PubMed search and a search of the IJGP website doesn't turn up any article that matches the one being described though the news media article says that the research report was published "today" (i.e., May 18, 2009; the current issue of IJGP is June 2009 and no Lovestone is listed as co-author nor a readily recognizable relevant article). -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
