In this episode, we examine the Daily Mail's claim that "A study has found that those who did not enjoy the optimum level of seven to eight hours sleep a night were two and a half times more likely to develop a blood sugar abnormality linked to type 2 diabetes." Oh really.   Sources <ol> <li><a href= "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1172935/Sleeping-too-little-increases-risk-diabetes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Mail article</a></li> <li><a href= "https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/diacare/38/3/529.full.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shan et al (2015) </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4478581/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Surani et al (2015)</a></li> <li><a href= "http://www.diabetichealthclinic.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Cleveland.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Touma and Pannain (2014)</a></li> </ol>

In this episode, we examine the Daily Mail's claim that "A study has found that those who did not enjoy the optimum level of seven to eight hours sleep a night were two and a half times more likely to develop a blood sugar abnormality linked to type 2 diabetes." Oh really. Sources Daily Mail article Shan et al (2015) Surani et al (2015) Touma and Pannain (2014)

In this episode, we examine the Daily Mail's&nbsp;claim that "A study has found that those who did not enjoy the optimum level of seven to eight hours sleep a night were two and a half times more likely to develop a blood sugar abnormality linked to type 2 diabetes." Oh really. &nbsp; Sources <ol> <li><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1172935/Sleeping-too-little-increases-risk-diabetes.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Daily Mail article</a></li> <li><a href="https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/diacare/38/3/529.full.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shan et al (2015)&nbsp;</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4478581/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Surani et al (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.diabetichealthclinic.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Cleveland.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">Touma and Pannain (2014)</a></li> </ol>

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Enough shampoo bottle rattle, let's examine some tabloid claims. In each weekly episode, we fact-check a new claim that "studies have shown" something weird. What does science really say about clowns, light therapy, power ballads, and sudoku? Short episodes, running time average 6 minutes. 

Rather than giving any real information about science, medicine, research, or technology, the phrase "studies have shown" is often instead used as a weapon to close a conversation down, scare people, and sell stuff - all in the name of 'science'. HAVE studies shown?

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Enough shampoo bottle rattle, let's examine some tabloid claims. In each weekly episode, we fact-check a new claim that "studies have shown" something weird. What does science really say about clowns, light therapy, power ballads, and sudoku? Short episodes, running time average 6 minutes. Rather than giving any real information about science, medicine, research, or technology, the phrase "studies have shown" is often instead used as a weapon to close a conversation down, scare people, and sell stuff - all in the name of 'science'. HAVE studies shown?

Enough shampoo bottle rattle,&nbsp;let's examine some tabloid claims.&nbsp;In each weekly episode, we&nbsp;fact-check a&nbsp;new&nbsp;claim that "studies have shown" something weird. What does science really say about clowns, light therapy, power ballads, and sudoku? Short episodes, running time average&nbsp;6 minutes.&nbsp;

Rather than giving any real information about science, medicine, research, or technology, the&nbsp;phrase "studies have shown" is often instead used&nbsp;as a weapon to close a conversation down, scare people, and sell stuff - all in the name of 'science'. HAVE&nbsp;studies shown?

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