pseudoscience

How pensioner fell under the spell of crank healing guru she called ‘messenger sent by God’ (msn.com)

We regularly hear these stories, and I think at least some are fabricated by people who benefit from sales of the treatment, but a good portion are probably not fabricated. Some are probably just an overly optimistic interpretation of naturally occurring recovery or remission due to passing of...

Recently, I randomly came across yet another poorly understood disease that was once blamed on psychogenic factors: I wonder which branch of pseudo-scientific nonsense peddled by charlatans just after WWI brought this about...

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology Homeopathy can offer empirical insights on treatment effects in a null field Matthew K Sigurdson, Kristin L Sainani, John P A Ioannidis Abstract Objectives: A "null field" is a scientific field where there is nothing to discover and where observed...

Quackery is on the rise, and the placebo effect is part of the problem https://edzardernst.com/2022/06/quackery-is-on-the-rise-and-the-placebo-effect-is-part-of-the-problem/ Prof. Fabricio Benedetti is one of the world’s leading experts in the study of placebo effects. I have mentioned his...

It's been noticed a few times on Twitter, though still under construction. A Reddit user has created a website to keep track of fraudulent treatments being marketed for ME and Long Covid. It spans the whole, from the usual quackery, like LP and Gupta, to official quackery, like CBT/GET. Reddit...

This post and several following have been moved from several different threads. Article by prof Brian Hughes at his blog The Science Bit: Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria People with ME have been waiting decades for their...

Blog Edzard Ernst: Prof Walach’s studies of distant healing: do they reveal the difference between a scientist and a pseudoscientist? "Amongst all the many bizarre treatments so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) has to offer, distant healing is probably one of the least plausible. Essentially...

full blog here https://edzardernst.com/2020/05/a-totally-useless-therapy-for-benign-and-malign-conditions-where-is-the-difference/ (LP amongst others springs to mind)

https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/02/07/peter-brindley-and-matt-morgan-its-time-to-be-super-heroes-for-scientific-truth/

NHS England CEO Simon Stevens has accused, quite rightly, Gwyneth Paltrow's 'dubious wellness products and dodgy procedures' of being potentially damaging to health, as well as her Netflix series spreading misinformation and pseudoscience. Maybe he should take a look at his own organisation -...

Not listened to this but thought it might be of interest. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000c9sm

Apparently, Harvard just released a medical education module that is anything but. USAWG already has ahold of it and so does #MEAction but I haven't yet seen it mentioned here. The title is 'Understanding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome', but if that's something you're interested in you should likely...

http://www.edenbridge-chronicle.co.uk/article.cfm?id=126610&headline=Oxted%20woman%20takes%20her%20online%20recovery%20programme%20to%20prestigious%20health%20awards%20this%20month&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2018 Sounds remarkably similar to other programmes. This is the prize she's finalist for.

Sounds like the usual 'alternative health' malarky to me but I dont know... Does anyone else know anything about this? https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180425093745.htm

here https://undark.org/article/five-questions-lydia-kang/ is a link to an article in undark about the book in the thread title. I thought it might be of interest to someone here and maybe there might be someone here who might want to read the book.

" Goop's "Trusted Expert" Anthony William Dispenses Junk Science, Say Critics How has the Florida-based huckster got away with it for so long? By Rae Paoletta on January 10, 2018 "In the spring of 2013, Kate Gallagher Leong called Anthony William. She was desperate for help. Forty-eight days...

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/wellnes-brands-gwyneth-paltrow-s-goop-wage-war-science-ncna801436 IMO I liked this article because it represents how the lack of good honest science created the tug of war consumers feel with “wellness brands” vs Big Pharma. Big Pharma has burned us with...