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Sunday, 26 May 2019

Elderberry for influenza? How consumers are being misled by seemingly responsible sources

“Eating elderberries can help minimise influenza symptoms.” This statement comes from a press-release by the University of Sydney. As it turned out, the announcement was not just erroneous but it also had concealed that the in-vitro study that formed the basis for the press-release was part-funded by the very company, Pharmacare, which sells elderberry-based flu […]

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