Sentences with phrase «lack of scientific evidence»

But the company's aggressive marketing and lack of scientific evidence ran afoul of FDA officials.

When former Vice President Joe Biden took on violent video games in a similar summit in 2013, the industry used that same lack of scientific evidence to convince him to back down.

In the same announcement, the FDA said it cleared the first carrier screening test from 23andMe, which was forced to pull its health tests from the market in 2013 due to a lack of scientific evidence.

On the other side, the manufacturers risked being publicly vilified, as well as the long - shot possibility that a sympathetic jury would ignore the lack of scientific evidence.

(Note that this is not «leaky gut syndrome,» a disease popular in the alternative medicine community despite a lack of scientific evidence supporting its existence.)

Most reproductive health experts point to the lack of scientific evidence on abortion reversal to criticize laws requiring doctors to tell women there is a way to stop the abortion pill.

Any opposition that a heliocentric view provoked at the time was due to a lack of scientific evidence and was from fellow natural philosophers rather than Church authority.

An extensive National Academy of Sciences report previously found a lack of scientific evidence that helmets and other protective devices designed for young athletes reduce concussion risk — yet some manufacturers continue to use false advertising claims that prevent athletes, parents and coaches from making informed safety decisions.

About two thirds of the states use a combination of barbituric, paralytic and toxic agents for executions, despite a lack of scientific evidence supporting their effectiveness.

«The reason why Internet addiction isn't a widely recognized disorder is a lack of scientific evidence.

The journal Healthcare published their commentary article, citing the lack of scientific evidence to support marketing claims of the benefits for growth of giving healthy children liquid - based nutritional supplements, commonly known as «toddler milks.»

Jim Giles focuses on the lack of scientific evidence for therapies used by parents trying to help autistic children (26...

Marcus and Grollman disagree with the World Health Organization's endorsement of the use of traditional herbal remedies on the premise that traditional medicine is of proven quality, without mentioning the lack of scientific evidence supporting the efficacy of herbal remedies or their demonstrated hazards, as in the case of Aristolochia.

However, although the human core temperature may be indicative of several bodily dysfunctions, there is still a lack of scientific evidence about which musculoskeletal diseases or conditions can be diagnosed by evaluating skin surface temperature with IRT.

Last year 70 cognitive researchers signed a statement speaking out against computer - based games that promise better cognitive performance, citing a lack of scientific evidence to back such claims.

The Paris court reached a different verdict: It found that W had not proved the vaccine had caused his MS.. The court cited the lack of scientific evidence for a connection between the vaccine and MS, and the fact that the disease process is thought to begin years before symptoms appear — in other words, before W was vaccinated.

Mixing heart medicine and herbal products is made even more risky by the lack of scientific evidence and regulation for herbal products and other dietary supplements, the report suggests.

A: As of the moment, there is a lack of scientific evidence regarding the use of melatonin supplements on pregnant women, but it's theorized that it may hamper sex drive, reduce ovarian function and increase the risk of developmental disorders.

Blue flag has been used traditionally to help these skin problems, but there is a lack of scientific evidence actually proving that it works.

There is also a lack of scientific evidence proving that detoxifying diets are as effective as they are claimed.

Health and medical experts are quick to criticize the Master Cleanse for its lack of scientific evidence, its starvation - like guidelines, and its potential for side effects.

One major con to the Zone diet is its lack of scientific evidence.

Senator Claire McCaskill (D - MO) has been at work on easing the restrictions on in - flight use of portable devices in light of the lack of scientific evidence that the devices do, in fact, interfere with the flight controls in some detrimental way.

But despite the lack of scientific evidence, pet owners know full well that their animals have unique personalities and that they do get bored, depressed, lonely, and even grief - stricken when death occurs.

However, the lack of scientific evidence as to their efficacy is likely to remain a stumbling block to widespread acceptance.

A quote from the protocol: «We are making this change after years of concern about the lack of scientific evidence to support the current practice of annual vaccination and the increasing documentation that over-vaccinating has been associated with harmful side effects.

«The CVMA views this surgery as unacceptable as it offers no advantage to the feline and the lack of scientific evidence leaves us unable to predict the likelihood of long - term behavioural and physical negative side - effects.»

In their new protocol they wrote, «We are making this change after years of concern about the lack of scientific evidence to support the current practice of annual vaccination and the increasing documentation that over vaccinating has been associated with harmful side effects.

There is a lack of scientific evidence that grain - free diets for dogs are nutritionally superior to those containing grain.

At the same time, climate denial positions have become increasingly accepted, despite a lack of scientific evidence.

Even the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found in its latest report that there is a lack of scientific evidence pertaining to floods and thus it has low confidence regarding any trends in magnitude or frequency of floods on a global scale.

The issue is not a lack of scientific evidence, the issue is the unwillingness of people and governments to act.

This case emphasizes the importance of judges making legal causation decisions despite the lack of scientific evidence.