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Choosing Wisely: Changing medical practice is hard

WEBThe explicit goal of Choosing Wisely was to identify and promote care that is (1) supported by evidence; (2) not duplicative of other tests or procedures already …

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Circumcision: What Does Science Say

WEBAgain, these are likely more related to hygiene than to surgery. Circumcision prevents phimosis (the inability to retract the foreskin) and paraphimosis (a painful …

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Healthcare Costs of Air Pollution Science-Based Medicine

WEBThat problem was fixed with this 2020 study, which used employer data to capture the full range of direct healthcare costs, increasing the estimate by 40% – …

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Internet Use and Mental Well-Being Science-Based Medicine

WEBResults of the largest study on internet use, well-being, and mental health. In the last 30 years the world has conducted a natural experiment involving the …

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Taking On the Wellness Industry Science-Based Medicine

WEB3.9K. The “Wellness” industry has an Orwellian name – the name itself is propaganda and flies in the face of reality. In fact, there is no reason to believe that the …

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Can Magnets Heal

WEBBelief in the healing power of magnets and magnetic fields has existed since the discovery of magnets several thousand years ago. In the late 18th century, Franz …

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Update on GMOs and Health Science-Based Medicine

WEBUpdate on GMOs and Health. Thirty years on, there is even more evidence that GMO food are safe. There is a lot of competition for our attention, and many issues …

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About SBM Science-Based Medicine

WEBScience-Based Medicine is dedicated to evaluating medical treatments and products of interest to the public in a scientific light, and promoting the highest standards and …

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How we got here with political and health misinformation: The …

WEBArs Technica recently published a story about Hacker X, who helped Mike Adams expand his online empire of health fraud into an empire of fake news and …

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Who takes dietary supplements, and why

WEBHere are the most common reasons for taking supplements: The most common motivations for taking supplements were to “improve” (45%) or to “maintain” …

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POM: Not So Wonderful Science-Based Medicine

WEBThese surveys show just how impressed consumers were by POM Wonderful’s claims. In a survey of POM juice drinkers, 91% said it “contains naturally …

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How to submit a guest post Science-Based Medicine

WEBSubmit your article by email directly to Dr. Gorski ( [email protected] ), the managing editor. If he thinks it has potential, he will distribute it to the editorial staff for further …

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Albert Einstein College of Medicine Science-Based Medicine

WEBScience-Based Medicine. Exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine

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The Detox Scam: How to spot it, and how to avoid it

WEBIt is formulated to stimulate the detoxification process of the body’s 7 channels of elimination: the liver, lungs, colon, kidneys, blood, skin, and lymphatic …

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Cleveland Clinic genetic experts call out functional medicine on

WEBJann J. Bellamy is a Florida attorney and lives in Tallahassee. She is one of the founders and Board members of the Society for Science-Based Medicine (SfSBM) …

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What the Health: A Movie with an Agenda

WEBThe documentary “What the Health” espouses the fairy tale that all major diseases (heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and many others) can be prevented and …

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The Evidence for Hydrogen Water Science-Based Medicine

WEBHydrogen water proponents claim that it has health benefits such being an antioxidant, reducing inflammation, reducing risk of metabolic syndrome, providing …

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Turpentine, the Fountain of Youth According to Dr. Jennifer Daniels

WEBJennifer Daniels says turpentine is the Fountain of Youth, able to cure many ailments, both real and imaginary. It isn’t; it’s a poison with no recognized benefits for …

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Long COVID: Alternative medicine sees a business opportunity

WEBAlternative medicine senses a business opportunity. Overlooked among the fatality statistics and recovery rates from COVID-19 is the appearance of what has been …

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