The case of the 14-year-old girl who died of cancer is now occupying the Klagenfurt Regional Court for the second time. The girl's parent elected to trust miracle healers and esoteric practitioners.

The Spanish Agency for Medicines and Medical Products (AEMPS) has just published a comprehensive technical report entitled "Homeopathy and Homeopathic Products: Evaluation of Evidence on Their ...

It's hard to believe: my very 1st paper was published exactly 50 years ago. I remember it like it was yesterdy! It was a busy time with lots of distractions: at the time, I was preparing for my finals ...

Trump and his allies have produced many claims that experts have flagged as false, misleading, or dangerously unscientific. Below is a (probably incomplete) selection: In April 2020, Trump suggested ...

The field of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) is densely populated with dubious individuals who a rational thinker might call charlatans. But who is the greatest charlatan of them all? The choice ...

The Nazi’s endorsement of homeopathy during the Third Reich was a complex fusion of pseudo-science, ideology and pragmatic policy. Homeopathy was deemed to align ideologically with National ...

Science is supposed to be self-correcting. Papers get reviewed, checked, challenged – and only then published. That’s the idea, anyway. But the practice often looks different. Between 2022 and 2024, ...

A BMJ Open study found that five popular AI chatbots gave problematic medical advice about half the time, with nearly 20% of answers judged highly problematic. The main concern is not just outright ...

I have repeatedly warned that Trump and his cronies are systematically destroying science and medicine in the US and beyond. Recently, I looked into Medline to see what other experts are publishing on ...

The suppression of scientific data within US federal agencies represents a fundamental tension between independent public health expertise and political ideology. This conflict seems to have now ...