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 ...

Here is the answer I got when asking exactly that question (the bold print was added by me in an attempt to highlight what I felt was important): There is no definitive, up-to-date public statement ...

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 ...

Recently, 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 ...

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