Hypothyroidism is a prevalent hormonal disorder symptoms often persist despite levothyroxine therapy. Adjunctive individualized homeopathic medicines (IHMs) may improve clinical outcomes, biochemical ...

The Medical Journalists’ Association (MJA) has outlined six practical tips to help scrutinise health claims responsibly and accurately. They are primarily meant for journalists but, I think, they are ...

Medical ethics rests on 4 core principles: autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice, along with the crucial rule of veracity (truth-telling). In the realm of chiropractic, the most ...

My previous post provided tips for examining health claims. An area where health claims need to be examined cautiously is supplements, and one UK firm seems to deserve scrutiny more than most. British ...

Although so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) is widely used across the US population, population-level associations with mortality remain understudied. Therefore, this investigation examined ...

Religiosity has been linked to a wide range of health outcomes, with evidence for both benefits and harms. Alleged positive effects Many studies have found positive associations between religious ...

People use unproven so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) even when evidence quite clearly indicates that the SCAM in question does not work. Why? Here are some of the factors that can play a role: ...

Evidence‑based medicine (EBM) was developed to make clinical decisions more reliable by grounding them more solidly in good research. Thus, randomised clinical trials, systematic reviews, and ...

As explained in my previous post, plausibility matters. The post was predominantly about biological plausibility - but things can be a little more complex, and it would be foolish to deny the fact ...

Homeopathy is one of the most widespread alternative methods of treatment in Bulgaria in the last 25-30 years. The aim of the research is to study and analyze the knowledge and attitudes of Bulgarians ...