Comments on: Studies Show Correlation Between Storks, Babies, Diabetes

By: AmyT

AmyT — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:37:20 +0000

To Adrian et al:

Yes, April Fool’s! (Has my sarcasm escaped you?

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:37:17 +0000

sorry, but this one sounds like an April Fool’s day. Just about anything has an effect on diabetes or lifestyle! Good to know though.

By: Adam Greene

Adam Greene — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:29:43 +0000

Hahah!
Great post amy and so appropriate for April Fools.
Adam

By: travelnursingrox

travelnursingrox — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:43:59 +0000

The ironic thing is that while we all dismiss these findings there will still be a large amount of people that will live their lives heeding the cautions of the study.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:25:34 +0000

Love it.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:31:18 +0000

I postulate that the incidence of diabetes is higher among those who eat than those who don’t. Wonder if I can get boatloads of money to do a study.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:30:04 +0000

someone tell CB to take a chill pill and check the calendar.

By: CALpumper

CALpumper — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:40:54 +0000

Geekgirl, good one!!!

Love this post Amy!
No matter the news, you present it well! And thanks for a good chuckle, we all need it….often!

Wait! This Just In:

There will be studies related to Diabetes in all forms, cause and effect of all food and drug products in the future that will then change in another 5, 10, 15 years….. Informed We Are!

By: geekgirl

geekgirl — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:39:20 +0000

In other news, reading about somewhat silly studies makes me want to stick a needle in my eye.

Study Results Pending!

By: CB

CB — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:34:47 +0000

Yet another strange, unrepresentative “medical” study that purports to show “correlation” between some medical condition (in this case, diabetes) and other more-or-less common occurrences in daily life. This all-too-commonly announced stuff gives biostatistics a bad name. You can’t generalize ANYTHING from a study that used 15 “hand-selected” (non-representative) people as the focus. And really, “large breasts” come on. Who’s going to tell Dolly Parton about this? These Croatian authors must have been really desperate for showing any correlation. Remember, correlation is NOT cause, and can be spurious. This is not science, nor helpful in any way.