Category: Medical Misinformation


Bias in Reporting of Medical Research: How Dangerous Is It?
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 39, No. 3
May / June 2015
 Morton E. Tavel
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The ‘Food Babe’: A Taste of Her Own Medicine
 Skeptical Inquirer Volume 39, No. 3
May / June 2015
 Mark Aaron Alsip

While “Food Babe” Vani Hari’s pseudoscience has been widely debunked by qualified doctors and scientists, a more sobering fact seems to have escaped everyone’s attention: one of America’s most notorious bloggers is earning sales commissions from products that contain the very same ingredients she says are dangerous.

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WHO’s Strategy on Traditional and Complementary Medicine
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 39, No. 3
May / June 2015
 Cees N. M. Rencken, Thomas P.C. Dorlo, Willem Betz

The World Health Organization once again advocates for implementing complementary and alternative medicine in national health services, jeopardizing global public health and evidence-based medicine.

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Science Sells Out: Advertising Traditional Chinese Medicine in Three Supplements
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 39, No. 3
May / June 2015
 David H. Gorski
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Pesticides: Just How Bad Are They?
 Skeptical Inquirer Volume 39, No. 3
May / June 2015
 Harriet Hall

Scientific balance and objective assessments of evidence are necessary to avoid biased and misleading answers to concerns about pesticides.

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