Results for: Antioxidant

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Pycnogenol – Does maritime pine bark extract live up to the hype?

Prescribed medicines are somewhat resistant to fads. Marketing can certainly drive demand and use, but long-term use tends to be driven by effectiveness. Some medicines used routinely today are decades old (e.g., penicillin for strep throat) because nothing better has been identified. Other drugs may be used for decades, only to largely disappear as newer, more effective treatments are introduced (I’m thinking...

/ December 5, 2024
Alex Jones

The Truth vs. Alex Jones: How the DSHEA of 1994 gave conspiracy mongers the means to fund their empires

As the HBO documentary The Truth vs. Alex Jones shows, Alex Jones promoted the conspiracy theory that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax to sell his supplement line. It's a model that many Internet conspiracy theorists use, like Mike Adams. Did the DSHEA help create Alex Jones and the modern conspiracy industry?

/ April 1, 2024
Ivermectin repurposing

COVID-19 antivax quacks are now “repurposing” ivermectin for cancer

A year ago, I noticed that COVID-19 quacks were touting the "repurposing" of ivermectin to treat cancer. Now, familiar COVID-19 antivaxxers—cough, cough, FLCCC—have turbocharged this quackery.

/ February 5, 2024

Coffee enemas: This TikTok trend can be deadly

There's no evidence flushing coffee into your rectum is safe or effective, despite what you may see on TikTok.

/ November 9, 2023

Ozone Therapy

Ozone therapy sits in the border zone between science and pseudoscience.

/ November 8, 2023
Fish Oil Capsules

Reeling In Misrepresentation: Fish Oil Supplements Found Lacking

An analysis of label claims for fish oil supplements finds a lot of tall tales

/ September 14, 2023

The Monoclonal Antibody Revolution

Monoclonal antibodies are the medical scientific breakthrough you may never have heard of.

/ June 7, 2023

Earthing Update

Earthing is yet another dubious medical claim exploiting weaknesses in the system.

/ February 8, 2023

Pushing Naturopathy in Canada

Another attempt to insert naturopathic pseudoscience into mainstream medicine, this time in Canada.

/ January 11, 2023
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Garlic, the fragrant panacea

Garlic supplements are claimed to treat and cure nearly every disease. What does the evidence say?

/ June 9, 2022