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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...