All posts by Apoorva Chandra

Apoorva Chandra, MBBS, MRCEM (UK) is an Indian Emergency Medicine doctor who currently works as a Registrar in a UK emergency department while pursuing higher specialty training in EM

The Yoga RCT

Back in December, 2020, Chief Scientist for the WHO Dr. Soumya Swaminathan tweeted about a study that suggested yoga helped improve various blood markers in people with diabetes. However, a major flaw prevents the study from being rigorous enough to believe its conclusions.

/ June 20, 2021

A Poorly Conceived Study Fails to Prove Ayurveda Works

Quackery is alive, well, and government-supported in India, as demonstrated by a terrible study of Ayurveda.

/ July 17, 2020