The court's written findings define an «adequate and well -
controlled human clinical study» as one lasting a minimum of six weeks using appropriate tools.
Not exact matches
«We have now found a potential mechanism, and at this point in our research, we need to test
human participants in a blinded, placebo
controlled clinical study — the same technique we used to
study the behavioral effects of acupuncture in rats,» says Eshkevari, a nurse anesthetist and licensed acupuncturist.
The
study, published in the latest issue of the American Journal of
Human Genetics represents an important step in our understanding of how the hypothalamus and oxytocin
control appetite and behaviour, says Dr Banka, who is also a Consultant
Clinical Geneticist at Saint Mary's Hospital at Manchester.
While there have been a number of
human clinical studies, we need larger, randomized, properly -
controlled clinical trials that look specifically at these suspects.
Whereas enthusiasm for fasting is increasing,
clinical relevance remains low because of insufficient
human data, including almost nonexistent
controlled trials (21, 33 — 36), few
clinical outcomes
studies (37, 38), lack of correction for inflated type I error rates from multiple hypothesis tests, and limited safety data (39 — 41).
Filters were also used for «
humans» to eliminate animal
studies and — for aim 1 — «
clinical trial» to eliminate
clinical studies that did not have a
control arm.
Whereas the few randomized
controlled trials and observational
clinical outcomes
studies support the existence of a health benefit from fasting, substantial further research in
humans is needed before the use of fasting as a health intervention can be recommended.
[3] A further non-exhaustive list of organisations who have publicly expressed support for the campaign includes: Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory; Amnesty International Australia; Australian Catholic Bishops» Social Justice Committee; Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine; Australian Council of Social Services; Australian Council for International Development; Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Studies; Australian Nursing Federation; Australian Red Cross; Caritas Australia;
Clinical Nurse Consultants Association of NSW; Diplomacy Training Program, University of New South Wales; Gnibi the College of Indigenous Australian Peoples, Southern Cross University;
Human Rights Law Resource Centre; Ian Thorpe's Fountain for Youth; Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales; Jumbunna, University of Technology Sydney; Make Indigenous Poverty History campaign; National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Council; National Association of Community Legal Centres; National Children's and Youth Law Centre; National Rural Health Alliance; Public Health Association of Australia; Quaker Services Australia; Rural Doctors Association of Australia; Save the Children Australia; Sax Institute; Sisters of Mercy Aboriginal Network NSW; Sisters of Mercy Justice Network Asia Pacific; UNICEF Australia; and the Victorian Aboriginal Community
Controlled Health Organisation.