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Medical Myths, Denialism, Quackery, and Conspiracy

Title	Replies	Views	Date
Pseudoscience Debunked: Astrology	11	50420	Jul 7, 2018
Organic Farms Use More Land and Don't Decrease Carbon Footprint	0	43779	May 31, 2017
Why conspiracy theories seem rational to believe	0	28850	Apr 18, 2017
What's the Evidence for Evidence-based Medicine?	0	24986	Mar 25, 2017
Herd Immunity and Epidemics of Preventable Diseases	2	21214	Aug 25, 2018
Lack of evidence for dietary supplements improving mental or cognitive health	78	20663	May 31, 2019
The California judge is wrong: Coffee is not a cancer risk	4	16903	Apr 1, 2018
Discredited vaccine paper highlights issue in retraction process	0	15666	Oct 21, 2017
Gwyneth Paltrow and GOOP: Snake Oil and the Fast Food of Health	17	15496	Jun 14, 2018
Surviving Bad Nutrition Headlines in the Age of BS	0	15374	Jan 16, 2018
What is Herd Immunity? A guide and limits	0	15186	Oct 5, 2017
Correcting Flawed Armchair Objections to GMOs	0	15132	Jul 24, 2018
9 Ways Whole Foods Is Lying To You	1	15126	May 31, 2017
Conspiracy theories satisfies need to feel special	0	14950	Sep 2, 2017
The Growing Attack on Science	4	14726	Dec 18, 2017
Debunking "The Pro-Vax Argument Lost Me When"	0	14269	Apr 8, 2017
Watch Out for Junk Scientific Journals	0	12418	Jul 28, 2018
Why People Believe In Conspiracy Theories	0	12375	Mar 29, 2017
How can we determine whether or not to believe something?	0	12315	Jun 2, 2018
Health Canada should stop approving homeopathic remedies	9	12227	Apr 20, 2018
Why Do We Believe Obvious Untruths?	0	12190	Mar 25, 2017
Quacks continue to push essential oils as medicine	1	10920	Mar 2, 2018
Why Homeopathy Is Worse Than Placebo	0	10567	Apr 23, 2018
Quackery: David "Avocado" Wolfe Promotes Corrosive Black Salve	0	10540	May 7, 2018
Gwyneth Paltrow and GOOP now claim it was just a joke for entertainment purposes	8	10384	Jun 16, 2018
Trusting celebrities instead of medical professionals for health advice	0	10172	Jan 16, 2018
University of Twitter? Scientists give critique of nutrition research	0	9417	May 5, 2018
Naturopaths and Homeopaths claiming CEASE therapy cures autism: Complete Quackery	0	9410	May 24, 2018
Is adrenal fatigue real?	0	9405	Feb 28, 2018
Close the browser on trendy wellness advice	0	9392	May 11, 2018
Denialism, Quackery, and the Raw Milk Movement	0	9362	Jun 18, 2018
Health quackery: Do you know it when you see it?	0	9141	Mar 22, 2018
Irony File: Tattoo Artist has Vaccination Concerns about 'Injecting Chemicals'	0	8959	Jun 16, 2018
Why Do We Continue to Doubt the Efficacy of Antidepressants?	0	8884	Jun 27, 2018
Dr. Oz warns viewers about "fake" psychics; wants you to pay for "real" ones	0	8842	May 11, 2018
Neuromyths and who believes them	0	8782	May 10, 2018
Watch Out for Junk Scientific Journals	0	8759	Apr 19, 2018
The Perils of Choosing Alternative Remedies over Western Medcine	0	8586	Apr 23, 2018
Doctors not worried about aluminum foil	0	8262	Jun 15, 2018
Ways to Spot Health Quackery	0	7612	Jul 7, 2018
Complementary Treatments Double Death Rate from Cancer	1	7512	Jul 20, 2018
Alberta scientists will be protected from those who would seek to undermine them	0	6780	Sep 27, 2018
Glucosamine for Arthritis: No better than placebo	1	6584	Jan 8, 2019
Miracle cure or major con? UBC researchers break down 329 likely health scams	0	6348	Sep 12, 2018
Chiropractor crackdown on misleading health claims	1	5283	Oct 16, 2018
The real fake news: how to spot misinformation and disinformation online	0	5087	Jul 4, 2019
How can a jury decide on a cancer cause when scientists can't agree?	0	4710	Aug 25, 2018
Dopamine fasting: Misunderstanding science spawns a maladaptive fad	0	4694	Feb 26, 2020
Astrology, crystals, tarot, astrology, and energy healing: The new religion?	1	4684	Jul 24, 2019
Gwyneth Paltrow wants your money. Don't give it to her.	2	4504	Dec 7, 2018
Celery juice trend is an elaborate lie	0	4478	Feb 17, 2019
Don't fall prey to the cult of wellness	0	4272	Jan 6, 2019
Health Canada pulls products from Goop's first Canadian store	0	4124	Jun 8, 2019
What happens when you look to social media for medical advice	5	3721	May 22, 2019
How to spot clickbait	3	3586	Jun 6, 2019
Why Celebrity Narratives Can Be Dangerous for Your Mental Health	2	3319	Jan 16, 2020
How naturopaths mislead the public about their credentials	4	3178	Nov 6, 2018
Amazon removes 'autism cures' books	0	3154	Mar 13, 2019
The Drugless Doctor’s ADHD Nonsense: Chiropractor gives unqualified medical advice	0	2979	Jan 12, 2019
Did the Google Search update in June 2019 bury quack medical sites?	2	2814	Jun 29, 2019
False vaccine claims spread online by bots and trolls	3	2743	Apr 27, 2019
Crowdfunding for Quackery: Let people waste their own money, not yours	0	2552	Jan 5, 2019
Those Most Fearful of Genetically Modified Foods Know the Least About GMFs	0	2431	Feb 11, 2019
Health Benefits of Turmeric Wildly Overstated	0	2394	Apr 1, 2019
Beware of Crowdfunding Campaigns for Unproven or Harmful Treatments	0	2381	Apr 20, 2019
Anti-Vaxxers Seem To Think Differently Than Other People	1	2014	Mar 3, 2021
Perfect pitch	0	1605	Apr 18, 2021
Myths and new information	0	1443	Oct 6, 2021

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