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New Year, New You, New Woo: 2025’s health and beauty ‘microtrends’
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10th February 2025
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The abuse of the scientific method in so-called alternative medicine
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27th January 2025
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The Beecher story, the origin of the placebo effect myth, likely didn’t happen
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An overdose on placebo pills can cause adverse reactions… but not because of the nocebo effect
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People with Alzheimer’s deserve care and dignity – not false hope of miracle cures
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The Beecher story, the origin of the placebo effect myth, likely didn’t happen
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Mike Hall
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3rd February 2025
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The Telepathy Tapes is wrong – autistic children don’t have supernatural powers
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31st January 2025
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Top five worst ‘uses’ for crystals in the world of wellness and pseudoscience
Alice Howarth
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8th November 2023
It's easy to see why crystals are appealing: they’re natural, they’re ancient, and they’re beautiful - but they're not actually magic
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The Beecher story, the origin of the placebo effect myth, likely didn’t happen
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25th February 2025
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