May
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Pseudoscience is not Cost Effective
Steven Novella, Science-Based Medicine
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Industrialized nations are in the middle of a health care crisis (some more than others), or at least a dilemma. As our medical technology advances, people are living longer, they are living with chronic diseases, and they are consuming more health care. The cost of this health care is rising faster than economic growth, so [...]
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May
8
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Coherent Breathing
Steven Novella, Neurologica
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Last week I wrote about earthing – the claim that being in contact with the earth (especially using products you can buy for this purpose) helps to balance your electrons and improve health. Earthing fits into a category of pseudoscientific nonsense I called “just make shit up.” This seems to be a deep and constantly [...]
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