Month: November 2020
Frozen meat vs. COVID-19 misinformation: The strange case of Steak-umm
Of all the strange things that have happened during the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of a frozen meat company as a source of critical thinking and skepticism regarding COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation is one of the strangest. How did Steak-umm become a champion of critical thinking about the pandemic?
Chiropractic Management of a Newborn with Abnormal Oxygen Levels
A recently published case report documents chiropractic management of a newborn with low oxygen levels and yes, it's as terrible as you imagine.
Placenta Eye Drops
If you thought eating the placenta was odd, what about putting it in your eye?
Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine
Here is everything you need to know about the recently announced COVID vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech.
Jumping the Gun: Antibody Drugs for Covid-19
Why did the US government promise to buy a product that had failed testing?
Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump. Now what for science-based medicine?
In 2016 and 2020, scientists expressed surprise and alarm at the results of the Presidential election. In 2016 it was alarm that someone as antiscience as Donald Trump was elected, and in 2020 it was over how close the election was, given Trump's dismal record on science, medicine, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Are scientists out of touch? And now what, for federal...
Aroma Acupoint Therapy
"Aroma acupoint therapy" demonstrates how the combination of several nonsensical ideas involving essential oils and acupuncture produces, unsurprisingly, yet another nonsensical CAM treatment.
Superspreading Events
Superspreader events seem to play a large role in spreading COVID-19, which gives us a powerful method of reducing spread.
Biofield Tuning: Another Example of Tooth Fairy Science
Biofield tuning uses tuning forks to assess the health of clients. This study of inter-rater agreement is a prime example of Tooth Fairy science.
Dubious stem cell trials for autism and the darker side of quackademic medicine
Despite a lack of evidence, Duke University is all-in on stem cells for autism, thanks to a billionaire benefactor and a highly dodgy for-profit Panama stem cell clinic. How did this come to be and what will be the outcome? Whatever the answers to these questions, it is clear that arrangements like the one between Duke University and The Stem Cell Institute...