Category: Announcements

Diagram showing the worm C. elegans with focus on nervous and muscle systems (A), genetic differences in lin-4 and lin-14 mutants (B), and research contributions by Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun on microRNA lin-4's interaction with mRNA (C).

microRNA – 2024 Nobel in Physiology or Medicine

The 2024 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine goes to two researchers, Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, for their work on microRNA. They began their research in the same lab in the late 1980s as postdoctoral fellow, and then continued to collaborate after they each started their own labs. Their research involves a key question about multicellular life. Every cell in the...

/ October 9, 2024
Virulent: The Vaccine War

Virulent: The Vaccine War virtual screening

More tidbits from Virulent: The Vaccine War. Have you purchased your virtual ticket to stream it and be part of the Q&A with the filmmakers hosted by Drs. Gorski and Novella on Jan. 29?

/ January 21, 2023
Virulent: The Vaccine War

Announcing a virtual screening and Q&A for Virulent: The Vaccine War.

SBM has teamed with director/producer Tjardus Greidanus and producer Laura Davis to host a virtual screening of their documentary Virulent: The Vaccine War, followed by a virtual Q&A. We also all thought it appropriate to dedicate the showing of this excellent documentary about vaccine hesitancy and the antivaccine movement to our recently departed colleague, Dr. Harriet Hall.

/ January 19, 2023

In Memoriam – Dr. Harriet Hall

Remembering our colleague and friend.

/ January 15, 2023

We are saddened to announce that The SkepDoc Dr. Harriet Hall has passed away

We at SBM are greatly saddened to announce that co-founder Dr. Harriet Hall passed away unexpectedly last night.

/ January 12, 2023

Announcing a New Children’s Book that Promotes Critical Thinking

A new book teaches young children about critical thinking and evidence. It's not only educational but colorful and funny. Too many adults are like Henry, the little boy in the story who rejects clear evidence and persists in what he wants to believe.

/ August 2, 2022

Prince Charles and Alternative Medicine

Prince Charles is a strong advocate for alternative medicine and is proud to be "the enemy of the Enlightenment." For the first time, Edzard Ernst tells the full story of Charles' ignorance and folly.

/ February 15, 2022

The Dawning of Friends of Science in Medicine (FSM)

For over 10 years, Friends of Science in Medicine has been fighting quackery, fraud, and pseudoscience in Australia.

/ December 4, 2021

Book Review: Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, by Abigail Shrier

This article has been retracted. See editors' notice and link to a more detailed explanation. Comments have been closed. If you wish to continue to comment, go to the more recent article linked to at the beginning of this post.

/ June 15, 2021

Announcement: The Society for Science-Based Medicine is becoming part of the Center for Inquiry

The Society for Science-Based Medicine is no more. Long live the Society for Science-Based Medicine as part of the Center for Inquiry.

/ August 17, 2020