After nearly a year of institutional musical chairs, the US “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention” (CDC) finally has a permanent director. On 5 August, the Senate confirmed Erica Schwartz by 51 ...

I have often reported about the risks of chiropractic manipulations (a reasonably comprehensive summary can be found here), and I intend to continue this habit. I do this because it is important and b ...

Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a prevalent chronic pain condition that significantly impairs quality of life and is often treated with interventions that carry risks or provide limited relief. Reiki, a ...

Every now and then, I come across an article that is exceptional. Some are exceptional because of their high, some of their extremely methodological quality. Some stand out because of their sparkeling ...

So-called 'paper mills' have become a growing challenge to the integrity of academic research, yet there has been a need for ...

Harry G. Frankfurt famously argued that the essence of bullshit is “indifference to how things really are”: the bullshitter makes assertions without any genuine concern for whether they correspond to ...

An article entitled “A Comprehensive Review of Homeopathic Remedies’ Clinical Effectiveness” by Dr. Ethan Calloway, Redwood Pacific University, Portland, Oregon, USA, was bound to attract my attention ...

This ‘open letter’ is to express my concern regarding an item broadcast yesterday as headline news on BBC Radio 4. It reported on Florida zoo animals receiving acupuncture treatments. The report seems ...

"The MMR I think should be taken separately. This is based on what I feel." When Trump spoke these words, he managed to distill his dumb ignorance into a single sentence. Personal intuition trumps ...

Yesterday, I was contacted by a German journalist about it. He sent me the unpublished final report outlining the results. The study was a double-blind, placebo-controlled, monocentre preventionRCT.