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Covid-19

Hydroxychloroquine: when bad science goes mainstream

Natália Pasternak, Carlos Orsi -
As covid-19 spreads across Brazil, Natalia Pasternak and Carlos Orsi highlight how one purported miracle cure found friends in very high places.
Skepticism

Coronavirus, conspiracy, challenges and compassion

Michael Marshall -
Our new editor Michael Marshall talks about the challenge of countering coronavirus misinformation and conspiracy theory, and why compassion is such an important aspect of skepticism.
Nutrition

COVID-19 nutrition myths

Pixie Turner -
Registered nutritionist Pixie Turner takes a look at some of the most common COVID-19 nutritional myths to arise during the pandemic.
Health

Too Much Medicine?

Michael Heap -
  Back in 1990 I wrote a paper for this magazine entitled Surely there is something in it: The social psychology of healing in which...
Health

More on the Here & Now

Michael Heap -
APART FROM A MORE RECENT CONTRACT with a local mental health service, the last post I held as a psychologist in the NHS was...
Health

Autism, MMR and the consequences of misguided science.

Wendy M. Grossman -
The news this week that The Lancet has retracted Andrew Wakefield's 1998 paper claiming to have found a link between autism and the MMR...
Health

Why We Need Science

Phil -
Harriet Hall examines the reliability and explanatory power of anecdotal reports, and biases in human perception in her article Why We Need Science: “I saw it with my own eyes” Is Not Enough
Health

eHealth: Skeptic at Large

Wendy M. Grossman -
Wendy Grossman examines how technology and treatment combine in the modern healthcare system.
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