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