Frederick Crews has written a reassessment of Freud based on newly available correspondence and re-evaluation of previously available materials. He shows that Freud was a fraud who deceived himself an | Continue reading
Binaural beats are auditory illusions that are claimed to offer medical benefits. | Continue reading
The British Medical Journal (now The BMJ) is one of the oldest and most respected medical journals in the world that also has a history of publishing some excellent investigative journalism. For insta | Continue reading
Editor's note: This is the second guest post discussing Abigail Shrier's Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters solicited from experts in transgender medical care. In this p | Continue reading
I must admit that I approached this week's topic initially with a distinct lack of enthusiasm. The reason is quite simple: Been there, done that. The topic is ivermectin, the new-old wonder drug to tr | Continue reading
If, as I have, you've been paying attention to these things for a number of years, you know that, whenever there is a major outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic of infectious disease, one conspiracy theory | Continue reading
[Editor's note: Once again, limitations in WordPress force us to attribute this article solely to returning author Tomasz Witkowski, but once again, it was written and submitted by both Dr. Witkowski | Continue reading
I've been meaning to write this post for months now, but have hesitated. Up until yesterday, that hesitation has always led to my abandoning the post and choosing a different topic. The reason for my | Continue reading
Local ordinances in two South Florida jurisdictions prohibiting any therapy that has the goal of changing a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity were struck down by the U.S. Court of Appeals | Continue reading
This week, I wanted to cover something important that we haven't covered before here at SBM. So I asked myself: What topic related to COVID-19 have we at SBM not covered yet that we really should have | Continue reading
Yoga is an increasingly popular form of exercise in the US. According to Yoga Journal more than 20 million Americans use yoga as their form of exercise. As a form of exercise yoga is fairly straightfo | Continue reading
A mere two weeks ago, I noted how evidence from randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) can't seem to kill the claims of advocates that the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine is a highly effect | Continue reading
The National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China recommends injections containing bear bile in official guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19 with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) | Continue reading
Some chiropractors are falsely claiming that spinal "adjustments" will do everything from "boosting the immune system" (which you can't do), helping ward off the novel coronavirus, to actually prevent | Continue reading
When I first heard about rope worms, I assumed it was a spoof. Alas, not so!Rope worms are rope-like meter-long human intestinal parasites that were only recently discovered in the returns of | Continue reading
A manifesto has been organized by the Spanish organization APETP, which translates as the Association to Protect the Sick from Pseudoscientific Therapies. The organization has three main goals: to m | Continue reading
We deal with a lot of fake controversies here, or "manufactroversies", ones that are ginned up for political purposes, without a genuine underlying scientific controversy (like the safety of vaccine | Continue reading
About a year ago the editors of Anesthesia & Analgesia solicited a written debate on whether or not acupuncture is effective or simply an elaborate placebo. Four experienced acupuncture researcher | Continue reading
We're all going to die. What does dying feel like? We can't really know, since no one has come back after death to tell us. For those who die suddenly (for instance from a fatal gunshot to the hea | Continue reading
This will be a short post about a product that doesn’t deserve even this much attention.Recently my Facebook feed has been bombarded with spectacular success stories about Luminas. It is a pat | Continue reading
There is a tension inherent in the drug approval process between the desire to approve new drugs rapidly in order to treat suffering people and the need to be cautious, to make sure that new drugs are | Continue reading
This is the Science-Based Medicine blog, but all too often we talk about things that are not science-based medicine. Examining what is not science-based medicine is a good way to better unde | Continue reading
Which hand drying method is the best, air or paper towel? The answer is more complicated than you might think – but do wash your hands. | Continue reading
Red meat causes cancer. No, processed meat causes cancer. OK, it's both red meat and processed meat. Wait, genetically modified grain causes cancer (well, not really). No, aspartame causes cancer. No, | Continue reading
A new systematic review of clinical trials shows no clear benefit to consuming omega-3 fatty acids in food or supplements. | Continue reading
Edzard Ernst calls it "So-Called Alternative Medicine". This insider's view of SCAM is a new book from an prolific researcher and author. | Continue reading
More parents are seeking to avoid childhood vaccinations in states that allow nonmedical exemptions. These "hotspots" of decreasing vaccination rates, some of which include large urban cities, are likely locations for future outbreaks of preventable disease. | Continue reading
Last week, President Trump signed the worst federal right-to-try bill under consideration by Congress into law. Its purpose was never to help terminally ill patients, and now that it's law there will be nothing the FDA can do to protect vulnerable terminally ill patients who choo … | Continue reading