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Another silly 'health' article

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whenim64 Thu 15-Nov-12 09:28:08

Thanks bags. What a non-story! A piece of research that counters these findings is mentioned at the end of the article. What are they doing, IQ testing 5 year olds, anyway? Bonkers!

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MiceElf Thu 15-Nov-12 09:24:09

Thank you Bags. I heard this this morning and was consumed with regret about my Sunday verre de vin from 5 to 9 months of pregnancy. It's good to know I can put my regrets in the recycling bin with the empty bottles.

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Bags Thu 15-Nov-12 09:18:43

Claiming moderate (very moderate) intake of alcoholic drinks during pregnancy "can" cause a drop of two whole IQ points in the baby, except that the causal link cannot be proved.

In other words, it's rubbish.

2 points! That's within the measurement error margin.

Sigh. Wish these twits would stop giving science a bad name.

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