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Lemme Purr: the celebrity-backed wellness gummies trading on intimate insecurities
Alice Howarth
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18th December 2024
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First do no harm? Treatments don’t need to be harmless, as long they do good
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27th November 2024
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Moroccan Argan oil is an interesting traditional product, but it’s certainly no panacea
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Animals, acupuncture and alt-med: the Brazilian penguin being subjected to Enya
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Does pill packet branding change the placebo response, or is this just another placebo myth?
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Studying the promotion of health misinformation by the Bolsonaro government
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It’s far to soon too tell patients platelet-rich plasma injections can treat infertility
Alice Howarth
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Will we soon face AI-related risks? Maybe, but they are probably overestimated
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Peter O'Hara
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Peter O'Hara is a practising psychiatrist in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, and a Convenor of the Irish Skeptics.
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From the archives: Tolerating continued uncertainty – leaving cases unexplained
Peter O'Hara
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30th January 1987
From the first ever issue of The Skeptic, Peter O'Hara explains why it's OK to accept something as 'unexplained' - and why that doesn't mean it's 'unexplainable'.
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