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I write an article every
Tuesday for the Science-Based Medicine blog at http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/ Click on the title to go directly to the article. Dr. Amen's Love Affair with SPECT Scans - Mar 19, 2013 Smoking: The Good News and the Bad News - Mar 12, 2013 Bogus Electrodermal Testing Devices and the Failure of Regulators to Act - Mar 5, 2013 Kudos to a Journalist - Feb 26, 2013 A Final Word: On T-Shirts and Teapot Tempests - Feb 21, 2013 I Am Not Your Enemy: An Open Letter to My Feminist Critics - Feb 19, 2013 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality: It's Complicated - Feb 19, 2013 Death as a Foodborne Illness Curable by Veganism - Feb 12, 2013 Gender Differences and Why They Don't Matter So Much - Feb 5, 2013 Worms, Germs, and Dirt: what Can They Teach Us About Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases? - Jan 29, 2013 DoTERRA: Multilevel Marketing of Essential Oils- Jan 22, 2013 Support Cancer Research and Own a Piece of the SkepDoc's Handiwork - Jan 21, 2013 Houstonancerquack.com Campaign Aims to Shame Burzynski While Raising Money for Legitimate Cancer Research - Jan 18, 2013 Nonsense about the Health Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation - Jan 15, 2013 Rituximab for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Jumping the Gun - Jan 8, 2013 Beyond Informed Consent: Shared Decision-Making - Jan 1, 2013 An Alternative "Truth" About Flu Shots - Dec 25, 2012 Storytelling in Medicine - Dec 18, 2012 Isagenix Study Is Not Convincing - Dec 11, 2012 Fun With Statistics - Dec 4, 2012 Ecstasy for PTSD: Not Ready for Prime Time - Nov 27, 2012 True Informed Consent is Elusive - Nov 20, 2012 Fan mail from an ASEA Supporter - Nov 13, 2012 Lessons from the History of Insulin - Nov 6, 2012 Andrew Weil/AAFP Article Rejected by Slate - Oct 30, 2012 The War Against Chiropractors - Oct 23, 2012 Sports Physicals, Sudden Death, and Chiropractors - Oct 16, 2012 Clinical Practice Guidelines: Cholesterol Tests for Children? - Oct 9, 2012 Thumbthing Worth Reading - Oct 2, 2012 The Obesity Paradox - Sep 25, 2012 Procera AVH: A Pill to Restore Memory - Sep 18, 2012 Learning from Animals: Evolutionary Medicine with a Twist - Sep 11, 2012 Fairy Tale Science and Placebo Medicine - Sep 8, 2012 New AAP Policy on Circumcision - Sep 4, 2012 Andrew Weil's Seasonal Supplements - Aug 28, 2012 Prostate Cancer Dilemmas: To Test or Not to Test, To Cut or Not to Cut - Aug 21, 2012 Chiropractic Strokes Again: An Update - Aug 13, 2012 ASEA: Another Expensive Way to Buy Water - Aug 7, 2012 Therapy or Injury? Your Tax Dollars at Work - Jul 31, 2012 Red Yeast Rice and Cholesterol - Jul 24, 2012 Oxygen Is Good, Even When It's Not There - Jul 17, 2012 Why Do They Do Studies Like This? - Jul 10, 2012 Do We Need "Evolutionary Medicine"? - Jul 3, 2012 5-hour Energy - Jun 26, 2012 Followup: Benedetti on Placebo Ethics - Jun 19, 2012 What Would It Take? - Jun 12, 2012 The Forerunners of EBM - Jun 5, 2012 "How do you feel about Evidence-Based Medicine?" - May 29, 2012 Bach Flower Remedies - May 22, 2012 RISUG - Birth Control for Men - May 15, 2012 Homeopathy and Nanoparticles - May 8, 2012 G-Spot Discovered? Not So Fast! - May 1, 2012 Chiropractors as Family Doctors? No Way! - Apr 24, 2012 The Future of Medicine - Apr 17, 2012 Update: Homeopathy in Brazilian Scientific American - Apr 10, 2012 Scientific American Declares Homeopathy Indispensable to Planet and Human Health - Apr 3, 2012 Brief Announcement: World Skeptics Congress - Apr 2, 2012 CAM as a Dumping Ground - Mar 27, 2012 How to Choose a Doctor - Mar 20, 2012 Brief Update: Protandim - Mar 13, 2012 When to See a Doctor - Mar 6, 2012 Acupuncture, Infertility, and Horrible Reporting - Feb 28, 2012 Re-Thinking the Annual Physical - Feb 21, 2012 Killer Tomatoes and Poisonous Potatoes? - Feb 14, 2012
Applied Kinesiology By Any Other Name... - Feb 7, 2012 Homeopathy and Its Kindred Delusions - Jan 31, 2012
An Owner's Manual for the Heart - Jan 24, 2012
Visceral Manipulation Embraced by the APTA - Jan 17, 2012 Acupuncture, the Navy, and Faulty Thinking - Jan 10, 2012 Reducing the Risk of Adverse Drug Events - Jan 3, 2012
Inflammation: Both Friend and Foe - Dec 27, 2011 A Christmas Card from the SkepDoc - Dec 20, 2011 Phthalates and BPA: Of Mice and Men - Dec 13, 2011 Eat Fat, Get Thin - Dec 6, 2011 Blind-Spot Mapping, Cortical Function, and Chiropractic Manipulation - Nov 29, 2011 HPV Vaccine for Boys - Nov 22, 2011 Lessons Learned - Nov 15, 2011 Weight Loss Customers Are Being Hoodia-Winked - Nov 8, 2011 Steven Fowkes (Part 2 of 2): Nutrients for Better Mental Performance - Nov 1, 2011 Steven Fowkes (Part 1 of 2): How to Cure Alzheimer's and Herpes - Oct 25, 2011 Birth Control - Oct 18, 2011
Pursued by Protandim Prosylitizers - Oct 11, 2011 Artificial Sweeteners: Is Aspartame Safe? - Oct 4, 2011
Benedetti on Placebos - Sep 27, 2011
Scientific American Is Not So Scientific - Sep 20, 2011
Time Magazine, Dr. Oz, What to Eat, and Antioxidants - Sep 13, 2011
Menstrual Synchrony: Do Girls Who Go Together Flow Together? - Sep 6, 2011 Are Prenatal Ultrasounds Dangerous? - Aug 30, 2011 Testing a Chinese Herbal Flu Remedy - Aug 23, 2011 Wishing Away Warts -Aug 16, 2011 What to Expect When You're Expecting - Aug 9, 2011
Belief in Echinacea - Aug 2, 2011
Angell's Review of Psychiatry - Jul 26, 2011 Antidepressants and Effect Size - Jul 19, 2011
Electrodermal Testing Part II: Legal and Regulatory Aspects - Jul 12, 2011 Electrodermal Testing Part I: Fooling Patients with a Computerized Magic Eight Ball - Jul 5, 2011 Virtual Colonoscopy Can Be Hazardous to Your Health - Jun 28, 2011 Kudos to Steve Novella - Jun 21, 2011
Acupuncturist's Unconvincing Attempt at Damage Control - Jun 21, 2011 Autism and Prenatal Vitamins - Jun 14, 2011
Another Anti-Vaccine Book - Jun 7, 2011 The Believing Brain - May 31, 2011
How to Build a Bridge - May 24, 2011
Pragmatic Studies and Cinderella Medicine - May 17, 2011 The Role of Experience in Science-Based Medicine - Apr 12, 2011 Frequencies and Their Kindred Delusions - Apr 5, 2011
Acupuncture Revisited - Mar 29, 2011 Herbal Remedies, Street Drugs and Pharmacology - Mar 22, 2011 Spreading the Word - Mar 15, 2011 Eating Placentas: Cannibalism, Recycling, or Health Food? - Mar 8, 2011 Questioning the Annual Pelvic Exam - Mar 1, 2011 Diet Supplements or Nutritional Supplements: A Ruse by Any Other Name Is Still a Ruse - Feb 22, 2011 Childbirth Without Pain: Are Epidurals the Answer? - Feb 15, 2011
Ear Infections: To Treat or Not to Treat - Feb 8, 2011
Overdiagnosis - Feb 1, 2011 One Hump or Two? Camel's Milk as a New Alternative Medicine - Jan 25, 2011 Why We Get Fat - Jan 18, 2011 The Meaning of Secondary Prevention - Jan 11, 2011
Followup: More Evidence against the XMRV Virus as a Cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Jan 4, 2011 Lest We Forget: Influenza Can Be Devastating - Dec 28, 2010
A New Perspective on the War Against Cancer - Dec 21, 2010 Integrative Medicine is the Butt of a Sokal-Type Hoax - Dec 14, 2010 New Recommendations for Calcium and Vitamin D Intake - Dec 7, 2010
Resident's Working Hours: Should We Let Sleeping Docs Lie? - Nov 30, 2010
Bill Clinton's Diet - Nov 23, 2010
Dabigatran: A Promising Alternative to Warfarin - Nov 16, 2010
Chronic Pain: A Disease in its Own Right - Nov 9, 2010 Journal Club Debunks Anti-Vaccine Myths - Nov 2, 2010
Energy Bracelets: Embedding Frequencies in Holograms for Fun and Profit - Oct 26, 2010
High Dose Flu Vaccine for the Elderly - Oct 19, 2010
Science and Morality - Oct 12, 2010
Mayo Clinic on Home Remedies - Oct 5, 2010
Eric Pearl "Reconnects" with Hands-Off Healing - Sep 28, 2010
PTSD Breakthrough?: It's Not Science Just Because Someone Says So - Sep 21, 2010
Brain Balance - Sept 14, 2010
Write for Oprah? Wrong for Me - Sep 7, 2010
Kaiser Rejects Neck Manipulation - Aug 31, 2010
Antioxidant Supplements for Macular Degeneration - Aug 24, 2010
Testosterone: Not an Anti-Aging Panacea - Aug 17, 2010
Alchemy Is Back - Aug 10, 2010
Home Birth Safety - Aug 3, 2010
Glucosamine: The Unsinkable Rubber Duck - Jul 27, 2010
The China Study Revisited: New Analysis of Raw Data Doesn't Support Vegetarian Ideology - Jul 20, 2010 Life Extension: Science or Pipe Dream? - Jul 13, 2010 Shingles Vaccine (Zostavax) Confirmed Safe - Jul 6, 2010
Bioidentical Hormones - Jun 29, 2010
Defending Isagenix: A Case Study in Flawed Thinking - Jun 22, 2010
The Living Matrix: A Movie Promoting Energy Medicine Beliefs - Jun 15, 2010
Metabolic Syndrome: A Useless Construct? - June 8, 2010
Brief Note: The Chiropractic Subluxation is Dead - May 29, 2010
Andrew Wakefield Fights Back - May 28, 2010
Red Meat: Is It Hazardous to Health? - May 25, 2010
Alcohol and Pregnancy - May 18, 2010
Medicine's Beautiful Idea - May 11, 2010
Food Allergies and Food Addiction - May 4, 2010
A Report from the Bariatric Trenches - Apr 27, 2010
Nine Breakthroughs and a Breakdown - Apr 20, 2010
Breastfeeding Is Good but Maybe Not THAT Good - Apr 13, 2010 Taking Control of Death - Apr 6, 2010
Genetic Testing for Patients on Coumadin - Mar 30, 2010
Brief Note: Followup on Spinal Decompression Machines - Mar 28, 2010
Diagnosis, Therapy and Evidence, Mar 16, 2010 Halsted: The Father of Science-Based Surgery, Mar 9, 2010
Zeo Personal Sleep Coach, Mar 2, 2010
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Retroviruses: Jumping the Gun, Feb 23, 2010
Questioning Colonoscopy, Feb 16, 2010
Time to Care: Personal Medicine in the Age of Technology, Feb 9, 2010
Do Cell Phones Prevent Alzheimer's? - Feb 2, 2010
Faith Healing - Jan 26, 2010
The Water Cure: Another Example of Self Deception and the "Lone Genius" - Jan 12, 2010
Osteoporosis Drugs: Good Medicine or Big Pharma Scam? - Jan 5, 2010
The Graston Technique - Inducing Microtrauma with Instruments - Dec 29, 2009
Neti pots - Ancient Ayurvedic Treatment Validated by Scientific Evidence - Dec 1, 2009
Recombinant Human Antithrombin - Milking Nanny Goats for Big Bucks - Nov 24, 2009
Environmental Medicine - Not Your Average Specialty - Nov 17, 2009
The Mythbusters of Psychology - Nov 10, 2009
All Medicines Are Poison! - Nov 3, 2009
Military Medicine in Iraq - Oct 27, 2009
The Montagnier "Homeopathy" Study - Oct 20, 2009
Resveratrol: Of Mice and Men - Oct 13, 2009
Obesity Linked to Stupidity - An Example of Stupid Reporting - Oct 6, 2009
AFP Endorses CAM - (and Billing Fraud?) - Sep 29, 2009
Red Yeast Rice to Lower Cholesterol - Sep 22, 2009
AFP Promotes Acupuncture - Sep 15, 2009
Applying Rigorous Science to Messy Medicine - Sep 13, 2009
Swine Flu Vaccine Fearmongering - Sep 8, 2009 Polish translation Spanish translation Another Spanish translation An Italian translation
"The Disappearing Male" - A Pinch of Science, a Pound of Speculation - Sep 1, 2009
Protandim: Another Kind of Antioxidant - Aug 25, 2009
Why We Need Science: "I saw it with my own eyes" Is Not Enough - Aug 18, 2009 Spanish translation German translation Turkish translation Dutch translation Chiropractic and Deafness: Back to 1895 - Aug 11, 2009
Science-Based Medicine Meets Medical Ethics - Aug 4, 2009
Incorporating Placebos into Mainstream Medicine - Jul 28, 2009
Is Tylenol Safe? - Jul 21, 2009
Birth Day - Jul 14, 2009
Healing Touch and Coronary Bypass - Jul 7, 2009
Screening Tests: Cumulative Incidence of False Positives - Jun 30, 2009
Tactless About TACT: Critiques Without Substance Should Be Abandoned - Jun 23, 2009
Science Under Siege - Jun 16, 2009
Vaccines and Autism: A Deadly Manufactroversy - Jun 9, 2009
Adverse Effects of Chiropractic - Jun 2, 2009
Another Kind of Evolutionary Medicine - May 26, 2009
AA Is Faith-Based, Not Evidence-Based - May 19, 2009
Re-Evaluating Home Monitoring for Diabetes: Science-Based Medicine at Work - May 12,2009
Chiropractic in the News - May 5, 2009
Acupuncture for IVF Revisited - More Tooth Fairy Science? - Apr 28, 2009
Is IV Sedation Over-Used? - Apr 21, 2009
Evolutionary Medicine - Apr 14, 2009
PSA - To Screen or Not to Screen - Apr 7, 2009
Hyping Health Risks - Mar 31, 2009
Involuntary Treatment - Civil Rights or Civil Wrongs? - Mar 24, 2009
Shame on PBS! - Mar 17, 2009
The China Study - Mar 10, 2009
Bad Books - Mar 3, 2009
Healing But Not Curing - Feb 24, 2009
Edzard Ernst Does It Again - Feb 17, 2009
Chiropractic's Pathetic Response to Stroke Concerns - Feb 10. 2009
Amish Home Burn Treatment: B&W Salve and Burdock Leaves - Feb 3, 2009
Psychiatry-Bashing - Jan 27, 2009
Science-Based Longevity Medicine - Jan 20, 2009
Playing by the Rules - Jan 13, 2009
South Dakota's Abortion Script: The Hijacking of Informed Consent - Jan 6, 2009
The $150,000 Vaccine Challenge - Dec 30, 2008 Santa Visits the Hospital - Dec 23, 2008
Paternalism Revisited - Dec 16, 2008
"I Reject Your Reality" - Germ Theory Denial and Other Curiosities - Dec 9, 2008
Does TV Cause Teen Pregnancy? - Dec 2, 2008
Gulf War Illness - Nov 25, 2008
Biofeedback and Laser for Allergies - Nov 18, 2008
Statins are Better on JUPITER - Nov 11, 2008
Circumcision: What Does Science Say? - Nov 4, 2008
Another Useless NCCAM-Funded Study - Oct 28, 2008
Puncturing the Acupuncture Myth - Oct 21, 2008
Massage for AIDS - Oct 14, 2008 Cholesterol Skeptics Strike Again - Oct 9, 2008 What's for Dinner? - Sep 30, 2008 Misleading Ads in Scientific American - Sep 22, 2008
4 Minute Exercise Machine - Sep 16, 2008
Is Kava Safe? - Sep 9, 2008
Misleading Ads for Back Pain Treatment - Sep 2, 2008
Trick or Treatment - Aug 26, 2008
Peruvian Hamsters and Autism: Cui Bono? - Aug 19, 2008
Polypharmacy - Is It Evidence-Based? - Aug 12, 2008
Sterile Water Injections for Pain Relief - Aug 5, 2008
An Herbal Cure for Peanut Allergy? - Jul 29, 2008
Can Psychosis Be Prevented? - Jul 22, 2008
Should I Take a Multivitamin? - Jul 15, 2008
Are Cardiologists Ordering Too Many CT Angiograms? - Jul 8, 2008
Chiropractic Strokes Again! A Landmark Lawsuit in Canada - Jul 1, 2008
Death by Medicine - Jun 24, 2008
Not Treating - A Neglected Option - Jun 17, 2008
Mercury Must Be Bad - If Not in Vaccines, in Teeth - Jun 10, 2008
Diagnostic Dilemmas - Jun 3, 2008
Christiane Northrup: Science Tainted with Strange Beliefs - May 27, 2008
Reading Medical Literature with a Critical Eye - May 20, 2008
The Art of Clinical Decision-Making - May 13, 2008
On Being Certain - May 6, 2008
Chiropractic and Stroke - Apr 29, 2008
Women in Medicine - Apr 22, 2008
Charlatan: Quackery Then and Now - Apr 15, 2008
SPECT Scans at the Amen Clinic - A New Phrenology? - Apr 8, 2008
Hormone Replacement Therapy - Apr 1, 2008
Business of Being Born - Mar 25, 2008
Thoughts on Neuroplasticity - Mar 18, 2008
Science and Chiropractic - Mar 11, 2008
Ultrasound Screening - Misleading the Public - Mar 4, 2008
Glucosamine Update - Feb 26, 2008
Antibiotics for Sinusitis - Feb 19, 2008
Another Acupuncture Study - On Heartburn - Feb 12, 2008
International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics - Feb 5, 2008
Does Glucosamine Really Work? - Jan 29, 2008
Akavar 20/50 and Truth in Advertising - Jan 22, 2008
No-Touch Chiropractic - Jan 15, 2008
Snake Oil Science - Jan 8, 2008
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