Results for: publication bias
A review of Are Electromagnetic Fields Making Me Ill? How Electricity and Magnetism Affect Our Health, by Bradley J. Roth
A new book explores some of the (un)scientific controversies about electromagnetic radiation and health.
Homeopathy and Pre-Registered Trials
Preregistering clinical trials is a great idea, but we have to actually track registration.
Ivermectin is the new hydroxychloroquine, take 2
A few months ago, Scott Gavura wrote about how the veterinary deworming drug ivermectin has become the new hydroxychloroquine in that it is being promoted as a highly effective treatment against COVID-19—and by many of the same people who previously promoted HCQ—despite evidence that is, at best very weak and at worst completely negative. Unfortunately, with the publication of two new and...
AI and Peer Review
Could Artificial Intelligence be the tool we need to fix the problems with science?
UK Recommendations Wrong on Acupuncture
NICE draft recommendations on acupuncture don't even make sense from an EBM perspective, and utterly fail to consider SBM principles.
Probiotics, revisited
New guidelines do not recommend probiotics for most gastrointestinal conditions.
Do face masks decrease the risk of COVID-19 transmission?
As wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 becomes a culture war issue, the evidence for whether they prevent transmission of COVID-19 remains contested. A new systematic review and meta-analysis provides the best evidence yet that social distancing and masks are highly effective at decreasing the risk of contracting coronavirus, while eye protection might also help, but it's not a slam...
Acupuncture for Migraine Unconvincing
The evidence for the effectiveness of acupuncture in migraines remains unconvincing, and a new study changes nothing.
Pitfalls in Research: Why Studies Are More Often Wrong than Right
Here is a course guide to episode 9, "Pitfalls of Research", of my YouTube lecture series on science-based medicine.
Nuance in Science Reporting
A study explores the pitfalls of following simple narratives in science reporting.