Traditional Chinese medicinal herbs to treat chronic fatigue
This Cochrane review reports that flawed study design limits the usefulness of the data reported.
First, the details.
- Although studies examining the use of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs for chronic fatigue were found, no studies met the inclusion criteria of the reviewers.
And, the results.
- The authors concluded, “Improvement in methodology in future studies is required for meaningful synthesis of data.”
The bottom line?
In other words, don’t bother doing a “scientific” study if you’re not going to put effort into designing and carrying it out rigorously.
10/27/09 22:16 JR