This study aimed to examine the effects of Reiki on anxiety, depression, comfort, and breastfeeding outcomes in women undergoing cesarean section. A randomized controlled trial design was employed, ...

This systematic review updated adverse events (AEs) reporting in persons aged > 55 years who received chiropractic treatment, including spinal manipulation. A team of mostly chiropractors and ...

Austria’s medical establishment still offers an official diploma in homeopathy. The Österreichische Ärztekammer (ÖÄK), the AUSTRIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIAATION, still lists its “Komplementäre Medizin: ...

Science depends on self-correction. Its greatest strength isn’t that researchers are superhuman and never make mistakes – we all make them with embarrassing regularity – but that mistakes are exposed, ...

Democratic communication crucially relies on a shared acceptance of facts, on institutional norms, and on mutual respect among political opponents… or at least it should rely on such factors. In ...

Many therapies exist for the treatment of chronic low back pain (LBP), including spinal manipulative therapy (SMT), which is a worldwide, extensively practised intervention. The effectiveness of SMT ...

On this blog, we have repeatedly discussed the devastating effects of Trump’s policies on science, e.g.: Post-WWII American scientific dominance has historically rested on three structural pillars: ...

In the scientific investigation of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM), the boundary between incompetence and research misconduct is rarely a sharp dividing line. Rather, it is a threshold crossed ...

Love him or loathe him, Trump dis set a new standard of diplomacy. This can be seen nowhere clearer than in his selection of ambassadors. An ambassador is, of course, the highest-ranking diplomatic ...

On 11th September 2026 the famous Royal Marsden Hospital trumpeted that the Princess of Wales supports its associated charity which provides a new “holistic treatment centre”. This story was ...