Sentences with phrase «anecdotal claims by»

An anecdotal claim by the researcher that a control member's death might have been prevented by the device might be good for later PR purposes, but is irrelevant to the purpose of the study.

Not exact matches

There are anecdotal reports of milk supply being lowered by taking antihistamines, but there are no scientific studies backing these claims.

Benefits of placenta encapsulation have not been proven by research, but anecdotal information from mothers have claimed that ingestion of the placenta can aid in:

Early 20th - century studies claimed that hermit thrush song follows the same principles found in human musical systems, but these were anecdotal reports which were not supported by a rigorous analysis.

The industry, by and large, has regarded the studies done to date — a number of which claim to have found higher rates of illness among residents living close to drilling wells — as largely anecdotal and less than convincing.

Bring up the relationship between iodine and thyroid disorders, and people inevitably put the gloves on and get scrappy — not just an intellectual back and forth banter, supported by exchange of peer - reviewed scientific studies and empirically validated literature — but a throw - down, knock - out fight, where claims are made on the basis of anecdotal evidence based on what so - and - so blogger said, without a single primary or secondary source citation.

Black Walnut Hull: Claimed to kill the microfilaria (infective heartworm larvae injected by the infected feeding mosquito) before it can mature to juvenile and adult stages — Anecdotal reports of efficacy only, luckily not likely to be toxic.

Anecdotal evidence gathered by the South China Morning Post was mixed when it came to the efficacy of the smog tower, with some residents claiming to not notice any difference in the air quality, while others said «the improvement was quite noticeable.»