In this week’s eSkeptic, Daniel Loxton digs into a protest campaign that is fighting to block enforcement of Canada’s purity, safety, and labeling laws for natural health products — and discovers a shadowy business interest behind the faux consumer watchdog site organizing those protests.
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In this week’s eSkeptic, Harriet Hall, M.D, a.k.a. “the SkepDoc”, reviews R. Barker Bausell’s book entitled Snake Oil Science: The Truth About Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
eSkeptic for 08-02-20
In this week’s eSkeptic, Harriet Hall, M.D. applies her usual skeptical lens to ultrasound screening, fish oil, and ear candles. Surprisingly there is something positive to be found in one of the subjects that may actually be good for you.
eSkeptic for 07-10-17
In this week’s eSkeptic, we announce that a new issue of Skeptic magazine (volume 13, number 3) hits the news stands with a special section on Medical Controversies; Daniel Loxton discusses skeptical activism on Skepticality; Shop Skeptic gets three new Richard Dawkins DVDs; and Michael Shermer shares The Real Secret.
eSkeptic for 07-08-22
In this week’s eSkeptic, Charles Lambdin reviews Jerome Groopman’s book: How Doctors Think.
eSkeptic for 07-08-15
In this week’s eSkeptic, Dr. Harriet Hall, Skeptic’s resident expert on all matters medical, examines the evidence surrounding bioidentical hormone treatment.
eSkeptic for 07-06-20
In this week’s eSkeptic, Matthew P. Normand and Jesse Dallery, Ph.D. address one of the hottest topics in the news this week: vaccination and autism, considering the best scientific evidence to date on the possible connection. As you shall see, the scientists considering the link, Matthew P. Normand and Jesse Dallery, provide an excellent summary of what we know and do not know.
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