This year's 'Christmas issue' of the BMJ comes with a remarkable editorial. Please allow me to quote a few passages from it: We live in a world of lies, damned lies, and AI hallucinations. A US ...

Homeopathy is among the most popular kinds of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM). Patients have different opinions about homeopathy because there is still debate about its efficacy and scientific ...

This pilot study evaluates changes in sensorimotor responses in premature infants after receiving craniosacral therapy. The study included a total of 63 infants born between 28 and 31 weeks of ...

This paper reports a project aimed to develop and refine an integrative medicine (IM) elective to improve health education and learning, thereby enhancing future physicians’ knowledge, skills, and ...

I came across an interesting article about the "longevity doctor" Mohammed Enayats who claims to have cut his biological age from 41 to 24, while plugging treatments at his Chelsea-based "futuristic h ...

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In my last post, I claimed that the evidence for saffron was surprisingly positive. This statement demands further explanations. Saffron contains crocetin, an aglycone of crocin naturally occurring in ...

Every now and then, I come across a paper that stuns me – not because it is so brilliant (scientific articles are supposed to be brilliant) but because of other qualities. Here is a truly impressive ...

I recently discussed the incredible paper by Walach et al. To remind you, here is its abstract again: COVID-19 vaccines have had expedited reviews without sufficient safety data. We wanted to compare ...