I spent the last 2 months in France where it happened to be hot. Too hot for my taste! I could not do much during the day and, at night, I was unable to sleep well. As the heatwave carried on, it ...

Hypothyroidism is a prevalent hormonal disorder symptoms often persist despite levothyroxine therapy. Adjunctive ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many studies have found positive associations between religious involvement and physical and mental health, including lower mortality, better self-rated health and greater psychological well‑being.

You wake up with a headache on a rainy day. Did the rain cause your headache? Or was it perhaps the late-night coffee? You then take a homeopathic remedy, and an hour later the pain is gone. Did the ...

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: ...