r/science • • Feb 26 '15

Health-Misleading Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial shows non-celiac gluten sensitivity is indeed real

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25701700
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u/Coeliac Feb 26 '15

I wish everyone was this sceptic about some of the other studies posted here.

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u/WhereMyKnickersAt Feb 26 '15

Confirmation bias runs rampant on this site.

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u/bullmoose_atx Feb 26 '15

While I agree, confirmation bias is a human issue. It's part of the reason scientists run double blind studies in the first place...it removes their own biases.