The Bitter Pill
The Needles Are as Thin as the Evidence
By Marko Petrovic
Practitioners of dry-needling swear by it, yet there is no evidence it will relieve your muscular aches and pains.
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Why People Believe Weird Things 101
By Mark Carter
A new university course is teaching students why normally sensible people believe weird things, and some of the tricks used by pseudoscientific practitioners.
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Does Chronic Fatigue Syndrome have a Neurological Origin?
By Leighton Barnden
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome may result from damage to a small but critical brain structure.
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Pseudoscience in Sport: If It’s Legal It Probably Doesn’t Work
By Marko Petrovic
Elite athletes are prime targets for emerging sham products that promise make-believe effects.
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“Integrative Medicine” Has No Place in Universities
By Loretta Marron
With their financial resources under threat, Australia’s universities need to resist the temptation of offering lucrative courses that rebadge complementary therapies as “integrative medicine”.
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“Alternative” Is Not a Compliment
By Sue Ieraci
There is no such thing as “CAM”, only medicine, complementary therapy and scam.
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Stepping out of the Dental Dark Ages
By Michael Foley
Water fluoridation has been one of the country’s most effective public health measures, but parts of Australia don’t have that benefit and may even strongly resist it. Why?
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What’s the Evidence, Ms Kardashian?
By Lauren Giorgio
It is disturbingly common to find celebrities paid to spruik alternative treatments, medicines and practices that science has already shown are ineffective – or worse.
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Why Do We Pay Parents Who Won’t Vaccinate their Kids?
By Peter Speck
The federal government wrestles with the cost of health care for Australians, so isn’t it time they stopped paying parents not to vaccinate their children?
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Evidence for Acupuncture: What Do Scientific Studies Show?
By Harriet Hall
Advocates of acupuncture claim that it has been proven effective by scientific studies. Critics claim that it is only a placebo. They can’t both be right.
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