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‘A Mystery to Ourselves’: from the Witches of Warboys, to an epidemic of Tik Tok tics

Deborah Hyde -
Our lives, our peers and the times we live in can have compelling effects on the afflictions we experience - whether those afflictions are physical, or psychological
Health

The BBC’s ‘Sickness and Lies’ adds to the stigma disabled and chronically ill people experience

Alice Howarth -
A BBC documentary on whether chronic illness influencers were 'faking it' only served to heap more judgement and stigma onto disabled and chronically ill people
Alternative Medicine

‘Prevent Senior’ in Brazil accused of conducting unethical medical experiments on Covid patients

Natália Pasternak -
Even after Brazil's "Covid kit" of alternative treatments was shown to be ineffective, doctors were given sales targets to keep prescribing - with official guidance on how to classify away patients who died from Covid.
Health

Placebo inhalers can’t treat asthma: another ‘powerful placebo’ myth busted

Mike Hall -
Patients on placebo inhalers reported that they felt better, even though their lung capacity was objectively the same - this isn't an argument for placebo asthma treatments, but for objective measurements in clinical studies
Conspiracy Theories

Inside the White Rose: the extremist groups looking to capitalise on Covid paranoia

Michael Marshall -
Seizing on people's pandemic fears, extremist groups are trying to radicalise White Rose members with health misinformation, holocaust denial, and white supremacist propaganda
Conspiracy Theories

Though it remains unlikely, we’ve too little data to fully rule out the lab leak hypothesis… yet

Wendy M. Grossman -
While the recent US intelligence report ruled out claims that Covid had been deliberately create, it did not come to a conclusion on the lab leak hypothesis
Health

The idea that four placebo pills are more powerful than two sounds magical – because it isn’t true

Mike Hall -
The claim that "four placebo pills work better than two placebo pills" is based on a misreading of an outdated study - we need to stop repeating it
Health

Living donor: why I decided to give my right kidney to a complete stranger

Jairus Durnett -
Becoming a living kidney donor has made little difference to my life, but doubtlessly a huge difference to the life of the stranger who received it
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