general truth of it is rendered probable by the fact that these cases are
always, or almost always, written with the single object of showing the
efficacy of the medicine used, or the skill of the practitioner, and it
is recognized as a general rule that such cases deserve very little
confidence
There are occasional exceptions to this remark; but the
general truth of it is rendered probable by the fact that these cases are
always, or almost always, written with the single object of showing the
efficacy of the medicine used, or the skill of the practitioner, and it
is recognized as a general rule that such cases deserve very little
confidence. Yet they may sound well enough, one at a time, to those who
are not fully aware of the fallacies of medical evidence. Let me state a
case in illustration. Nobody doubts that some patients recover under
every form of practice. Probably all are willing to allow that a large
majority, for instance, ninety in a hundred, of such cases as a physician
is called to in daily practice, would recover, sooner or later, with more
or less difficulty, provided nothing were done to interfere seriously
with the efforts of nature.

If you are on welfare and have MS, should you be given a diet allowance to help you meet specific dietary needs? What if you have cancer, should the same rules apply?

Scooby, a 13-year-old mongrel, was put on a crash diet after she was found to be 80 per cent above a healthy weight.

You diet… you exercise… you're taking the latest diet pill… and… you're even losing weight. But take a look in the mirror… you still have that unsightly belly bulge. Twenty pounds lighter and you still look… fat! How in the world can that be possible? As it turns out, the same diet that's helping you lose weight might actually be causing you to retain figure-destroying belly fat. …

An apparent right-wing activist carrying protest letters fatally shot himself in front of the Diet on Wednesday.