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Medical Myths, Denialism, Quackery, and Conspiracy

Title	Replies	Views	Date
Pseudoscience Debunked: Astrology	11	50285	Jul 7, 2018
Organic Farms Use More Land and Don't Decrease Carbon Footprint	0	43746	May 31, 2017
Why conspiracy theories seem rational to believe	0	28799	Apr 18, 2017
What's the Evidence for Evidence-based Medicine?	0	24922	Mar 25, 2017
Herd Immunity and Epidemics of Preventable Diseases	2	21158	Aug 25, 2018
Lack of evidence for dietary supplements improving mental or cognitive health	78	19782	May 31, 2019
The California judge is wrong: Coffee is not a cancer risk	4	16825	Apr 1, 2018
Discredited vaccine paper highlights issue in retraction process	0	15609	Oct 21, 2017
Gwyneth Paltrow and GOOP: Snake Oil and the Fast Food of Health	17	15365	Jun 14, 2018
Surviving Bad Nutrition Headlines in the Age of BS	0	15310	Jan 16, 2018
What is Herd Immunity? A guide and limits	0	15136	Oct 5, 2017
Correcting Flawed Armchair Objections to GMOs	0	15086	Jul 24, 2018
9 Ways Whole Foods Is Lying To You	1	15069	May 31, 2017
Conspiracy theories satisfies need to feel special	0	14901	Sep 2, 2017
The Growing Attack on Science	4	14663	Dec 18, 2017
Debunking "The Pro-Vax Argument Lost Me When"	0	14175	Apr 8, 2017
Watch Out for Junk Scientific Journals	0	12376	Jul 28, 2018
Why People Believe In Conspiracy Theories	0	12335	Mar 29, 2017
How can we determine whether or not to believe something?	0	12268	Jun 2, 2018
Why Do We Believe Obvious Untruths?	0	12143	Mar 25, 2017
Health Canada should stop approving homeopathic remedies	9	12048	Apr 20, 2018
Quacks continue to push essential oils as medicine	1	10866	Mar 2, 2018
Why Homeopathy Is Worse Than Placebo	0	10526	Apr 23, 2018
Quackery: David "Avocado" Wolfe Promotes Corrosive Black Salve	0	10457	May 7, 2018
Gwyneth Paltrow and GOOP now claim it was just a joke for entertainment purposes	8	10287	Jun 16, 2018
Trusting celebrities instead of medical professionals for health advice	0	10127	Jan 16, 2018
University of Twitter? Scientists give critique of nutrition research	0	9379	May 5, 2018
Is adrenal fatigue real?	0	9358	Feb 28, 2018
Naturopaths and Homeopaths claiming CEASE therapy cures autism: Complete Quackery	0	9355	May 24, 2018
Close the browser on trendy wellness advice	0	9337	May 11, 2018
Denialism, Quackery, and the Raw Milk Movement	0	9304	Jun 18, 2018
Health quackery: Do you know it when you see it?	0	9059	Mar 22, 2018
Irony File: Tattoo Artist has Vaccination Concerns about 'Injecting Chemicals'	0	8907	Jun 16, 2018
Why Do We Continue to Doubt the Efficacy of Antidepressants?	0	8804	Jun 27, 2018
Dr. Oz warns viewers about "fake" psychics; wants you to pay for "real" ones	0	8785	May 11, 2018
Neuromyths and who believes them	0	8739	May 10, 2018
Watch Out for Junk Scientific Journals	0	8697	Apr 19, 2018
The Perils of Choosing Alternative Remedies over Western Medcine	0	8528	Apr 23, 2018
Doctors not worried about aluminum foil	0	8210	Jun 15, 2018
Ways to Spot Health Quackery	0	7531	Jul 7, 2018
Complementary Treatments Double Death Rate from Cancer	1	7456	Jul 20, 2018
Alberta scientists will be protected from those who would seek to undermine them	0	6737	Sep 27, 2018
Glucosamine for Arthritis: No better than placebo	1	6490	Jan 8, 2019
Miracle cure or major con? UBC researchers break down 329 likely health scams	0	6311	Sep 12, 2018
Chiropractor crackdown on misleading health claims	1	5234	Oct 16, 2018
The real fake news: how to spot misinformation and disinformation online	0	5010	Jul 4, 2019
How can a jury decide on a cancer cause when scientists can't agree?	0	4668	Aug 25, 2018
Dopamine fasting: Misunderstanding science spawns a maladaptive fad	0	4559	Feb 26, 2020
Astrology, crystals, tarot, astrology, and energy healing: The new religion?	1	4547	Jul 24, 2019
Celery juice trend is an elaborate lie	0	4419	Feb 17, 2019
Gwyneth Paltrow wants your money. Don't give it to her.	2	4403	Dec 7, 2018
Don't fall prey to the cult of wellness	0	4157	Jan 6, 2019
Health Canada pulls products from Goop's first Canadian store	0	4067	Jun 8, 2019
What happens when you look to social media for medical advice	5	3627	May 22, 2019
How to spot clickbait	3	3516	Jun 6, 2019
Why Celebrity Narratives Can Be Dangerous for Your Mental Health	2	3238	Jan 16, 2020
How naturopaths mislead the public about their credentials	4	3122	Nov 6, 2018
Amazon removes 'autism cures' books	0	3068	Mar 13, 2019
The Drugless Doctor’s ADHD Nonsense: Chiropractor gives unqualified medical advice	0	2913	Jan 12, 2019
Did the Google Search update in June 2019 bury quack medical sites?	2	2733	Jun 29, 2019
False vaccine claims spread online by bots and trolls	3	2662	Apr 27, 2019
Crowdfunding for Quackery: Let people waste their own money, not yours	0	2510	Jan 5, 2019
Those Most Fearful of Genetically Modified Foods Know the Least About GMFs	0	2376	Feb 11, 2019
Health Benefits of Turmeric Wildly Overstated	0	2351	Apr 1, 2019
Beware of Crowdfunding Campaigns for Unproven or Harmful Treatments	0	2341	Apr 20, 2019
Anti-Vaxxers Seem To Think Differently Than Other People	1	1960	Mar 3, 2021
Perfect pitch	0	1552	Apr 18, 2021
Myths and new information	0	1399	Oct 6, 2021

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