Science-Based Medicine
Welcome to Science-Based Medicine - Exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine
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.
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.
What is Science? - Science-Based Medicine
Feb 3, 2012 · Consider these statements: ...there is an evidence base for biofield therapies. (citing the Cochrane Review of Touch Therapies) The larger issue is what constitutes “pseudoscience” and what information is worthy of dissemination to the public. Should the data from our well conducted, rigorous, randomized controlled trial [of 'biofield healing'] be dismissed because the mechanisms are ...
What Is Somatic Therapy? - Science-Based Medicine
Feb 28, 2024 · 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 ...
Supplements for Osteoarthritis – Evaluating the Evidence
Jul 12, 2018 · I’ve reached the age in my life where my joints have started making odd noises – all of a sudden my knees sound like Rice Krispies, which WebMD reassures me is clearly imminent osteoarthritis.At least I’ll have company, as osteoarthritis …
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 ...
Evidence in Medicine: Correlation and Causation
Nov 18, 2009 · 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 ...
Clinical Trials - Science-Based Medicine
Oct 16, 2024 · Latest Acupuncture Pseudoscience. JAMA Internal Medicine just published an article titled: Acupuncture vs Sham Acupuncture for Chronic Sciatica From Herniated Disk, A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Homeopathy - Science-Based Medicine
One of the few studies published in the mainstream medical literature concerning ultradilute homeopathic remedies, published in Nature in 1988, purported to show that such a remedy could influence the degranulation of human basophils.. Davenas E, Beauvais F, Amara J, Oberbaum M, Robinzon B, Miadonna A, Tedeschi A, Pomeranz B, Fortner P, Belon P, et al. Human basophil degranulation triggered by ...