The previous months had me (and many others) concerned about US (and worldwide) public health. It seemed as though medical thinking had made way to anti-medical thinking in American politics. The ...

The “new directness” is the style in which shouting, swearing, insults, and absolute claims are presented not as lapses in manners but as proof of authenticity, conviction and being grounded in ...

Some defenders of homeopathy or other forms of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) keep claiming: “Its ineffectiveness has not been proven”. As you can imagine, I hear this notion often. I have ...

This systematic review updated adverse events (AEs) reporting in persons aged > 55 years who received chiropractic treatment, including spinal manipulation. A team of mostly chiropractors and ...

This study aimed to examine the effects of Reiki on anxiety, depression, comfort, and breastfeeding outcomes in women undergoing cesarean section. A randomized controlled trial design was employed, ...

Democratic communication crucially relies on a shared acceptance of facts, on institutional norms, and on mutual respect among political opponents… or at least it should rely on such factors. In ...

I ended yesterday's post with the question: where does stupidity end and where does malice begin? Please allow me to elaborate a little more on it. In the realm of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM ...

Austria’s medical establishment still offers an official diploma in homeopathy. The Österreichische Ärztekammer (ÖÄK), the AUSTRIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIAATION, still lists its “Komplementäre Medizin: ...

Science depends on self-correction. Its greatest strength isn’t that researchers are superhuman and never make mistakes – we all make them with embarrassing regularity – but that mistakes are exposed, ...

Many therapies exist for the treatment of chronic low back pain (LBP), including spinal manipulative therapy (SMT), which is a worldwide, extensively practised intervention. The effectiveness of SMT ...