I have worked in academia almost my entire professional life: first in Germany, then in Austria and finally in the UK. I therefore think that I know this world quite well. Recently, I have been ...

I am always on the lookout for forms of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) with which I am unfamiliar. Today, I found one! The SINGING BOWL is a bowl-shaped instrument originating in China and ...

"What does Trump think about so-called alternative medicine (SCAM)?" Does anyone know? Does even he know himself? Time to ask GROK! Here is the answer I got when asking exactly that question (the bold ...

A real-time search of recent posts on X (conducred by Grok) identify accounts actively spreading pro-homeopathy misinformation, focusing on claims that lack scientific backing or contradict ...

It often seems to me that, in the realm of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM), we encounter more misinformation than information. Misinformation poses a serious threat to the proper functioning of ...

I was trying to find out more about the "HUFELAND MEDAILLE" - not the one once created by the GDR, but the award given yearly since the mid-1950s by the German "Zentralverband der Ärzte für ...

Suffering from 'burnout'? Mindfulness, yoga, and acupuncture are just three of a plethora of practices that are said to improve 'burnout'. While there is growing interest in these practices, many ...

We all have seen scenes where Trump is dozing or falling asleep in the middle of something important and in front of running cameras. We also have seen situations where he seems to be as high as a ...

Donald Trump has recently made a range of nominations/appointments in the US health sector. They will influence conventional and so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) in the US and beyond. It ...

When Harald Walach et al first published it, I did report about their paper entitled "Treatment effects in pharmacological clinical randomized controlled trials are mainly due to placebo". The ...