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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 09:08 AM Original message |
Study Says Echinacea Has No Effect on Colds |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. the argument I heard... |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 09:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Ah, but the problem with this study was... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Hey, don't ridicule Air America's advertisers! |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 01:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. She is cute |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. They only want you to THINK she's fictional. The TV show is a cover... |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Well then, that can only explain the remarkable success of the Phantom |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 06:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. So, when a QUALIFIED researcher does it, it's invalid |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. Have they done this with zinc lozenges and elderberry? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Cool. I'll trade you my Chance tea for Elderberry tea? |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Zinc |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 03:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Here is a couple things I found about Zinc |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. links |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 05:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Unfortunately, it looks like Sambucol may be of questionable worth... |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 05:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. well it is QUESTIONABLE |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Unfortunately, the FTC's "Burden of Proof" is much lower than the FDA's |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 10:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Found Another Sambucol Study |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 10:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I don't think I want anything that creates inflamation |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 07:50 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Well that's just |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 08:32 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. OK, I see now. thanks |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
4. Another pseudo-scientific remedy down, |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 12:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I wish Echinacea worked, but wishful thinking won't make it so |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Have you tried |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yes, but it took them over a week to work their way out of my system |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. But much better than fiber, eh? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yes. Unlike fiber, you can wash it off and re-use it. n/t |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. They Always Got Stuck In My Nostrils... |
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redowl (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 02:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. how wonderful for us that the aggressive rationalists here |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I admit I don't have all the answers. I tried Echinacea. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. My nose is pretty short, actually. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 05:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Then what to we do about the Aggressively Irrational? Hmm?? n/t |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. I Wish I Could Post Similarly Snide Messages... |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I like this response.. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
42. Woo-Woos? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. For what it's worth, Echinacea is generally not used homeopathically |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 03:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Chicken Soup |
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gate of the sun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
28. i use chances |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
29. Why bother with echinacea when I have my lucky rabbit's foot? |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 08:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Only if |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 08:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Ah I see... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-05 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
34. My wife's response: They ruined a perfectly good placebo effect response. |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. I like your wife |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-05 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
41. One study? |
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