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Alternative medicine “butt” of serious joke
Posted on December 15, 2010 | 10 CommentsIf you wrote to the organising committee of a scientific conference saying that you have a theory that there is a person in everyone’s bum and if you massage it in the... -
Doctors arguing badly: the ethics of placebos
Posted on October 26, 2010 | 19 CommentsThe ethics of conducting medical trials can be tricky. There is always the risk someone could be exposed to a drug that is dangerous, or they could miss out on... -
Another day, another drug company cover up
Posted on October 15, 2010 | 17 CommentsIt seems that hardly a month goes by without another shocking example of drug companies hiding, manipulating or lying about data in order to mislead consumers about the safety or... -
The problem with drug trials
Posted on August 22, 2010 | 29 CommentsShould randomised trials be the only type of evidence accepted for rolling out drug treatments? If so, then two researchers wrote in the Lancet this week that that we face... -
Jesus did (not) cure someone of the flu
Posted on August 19, 2010 | 3 CommentsThis week we got a quick and entertaining lesson in the way science sometimes works… or doesn’t work. Just last week, someone asked me how to tell good science from... -
Why you REALLY can’t trust small studies: the small study effect
Posted on July 20, 2010 | 37 CommentsYou’ll often see loony zealots refer you to a study showing how effective their preferred treatment is — there usually is some small study supporting the use of almost any... -
‘Gravity doesn’t exist’, says philosophically naive scientist/journalist
Posted on July 16, 2010 | 27 CommentsReports of a physicist “taking on gravity” have recieved a bit of attention recently, with a New York Times article outlining Erik Verlinde’s idea that gravity is an emergent property... -
Virginity test frees convicted rapists
Posted on July 7, 2010 | 4 CommentsI’m often frustrated by the pseudoscientific rubbish people around here believe in. (By around here I mean places like Australia, the US and the UK.) But thank god we don’t... -
Mythbusting booze: Hair of the dog – hangover cure or excuse for alcoholism?
Posted on July 1, 2010 | 36 CommentsThis is the second part in a series about the myths and realities of alcohol consumption. I pray thee let me and my fellow have A hair of the dog... -
Mythbusting Booze: Myths and realities of alcohol consumption
Posted on June 20, 2010 | 24 CommentsThis is the first part of a series that aims to bust some myths about booze. Hangovers suck and they’re probably best avoided. But once you’ve got one, can you...