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4 days ago · Homeopathy: Magical thinking, not medicine. The Science-Based Medicine blog was established way back in 2008. Since that time, contributors to this blog have been sounding the alarm about the harmful effects of pseudoscience and conspiracy theories related to health.
About SBM - Science-Based Medicine
Vancouver science journalist best known for publishing PainScience.com, which is "the SBM of pain and injury medicine."Although Paul grew up believing in anything, Carl Sagan turned him into a skeptic. Paul is also a programmer, a gamer, a science fiction fan, and chases Frisbees more than a Border Collie.
Reference - Science-Based Medicine
This section of Science-Based Medicine is dedicated to reference resources for major topics and issues relevant to science and medicine. For each topic we will give a concise overview followed by an index of SBM posts on the topic, and key outside resources. We will also list important peer-reviewed research relating to the topic with a brief description of the findings.
January, 2025 | Science-Based Medicine
Jan 1, 2025 · Surgeon General Alcohol Warning. In 1964 the US Surgeon General released its first report on the health risks of smoking and tobacco use. This turned out to be a landmark move, paving the way for the following decades of progressively more restrictive regulation of public tobacco use and marketing.
15 Years of SBM - Science-Based Medicine
Dec 21, 2022 · Founder and currently Executive Editor of Science-Based Medicine Steven Novella, MD is an academic clinical neurologist at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is also the host and producer of the popular weekly science podcast, The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe, and the author of the NeuroLogicaBlog, a daily blog that covers news and issues in neuroscience, but also general science ...
The Need for Science-Based Medicine
Dec 15, 2021 · The mission of SBM continues. Founder and currently Executive Editor of Science-Based Medicine Steven Novella, MD is an academic clinical neurologist at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is also the host and producer of the popular weekly science podcast, The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe, and the author of the NeuroLogicaBlog, a daily blog that covers news and issues in ...
Physician Misinformation - Science-Based Medicine
Nov 13, 2024 · When physicians spread medical misinformation, the potential harm to health is far greater than their direct patient care. And yet, in a recent study, medical boards rarely discipline physicians for spreading misinformation. The JAMA article looked at 3128 medical board disciplinary proceedings involving physicians. Spreading misinformation to the community was the least common reason, at 0.1%.
Surgeon General Alcohol Warning - Science-Based Medicine
1 day ago · In 1964 the US Surgeon General released its first report on the health risks of smoking and tobacco use. This turned out to be a landmark move, paving the way for the following decades of progressively more restrictive regulation of public tobacco use and marketing. In 1964 smoking was at its peak in the US, when 42% of …
Probiotics, revisited - Science-Based Medicine
Jul 9, 2020 · In adults and children with pouchitis, the AGA suggests the use of the 8-strain combination of L paracasei subsp paracasei DSM 24733, L plantarum DSM 24730, L acidophilus DSM 24735, L delbrueckii subsp bulgaricus DSM 24734, B longum subsp longum DSM 24736, B breve DSM 24732, B longum subsp infantis DSM 24737, and S salivarius subsp thermophilus DSM 24731 over no or other probiotics.
Editors - Science-Based Medicine
Editorial staff and contributors at Science-Based Medicine are physicians and other professionals who are alarmed at the manner in which unscientific and pseudoscientific health care ideas have increasingly infiltrated academic medicine and medicine at large. Our goal is to examine these claims in the light of science and skepticism. We believe that the best medicine is …