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Not All Scientific Studies are Useful

2 Apr 2025

Why do we pursue science? Because we want to know what to eat, what medications to take, what cleaning agents to use, what chemicals to avoid, which personal care products to buy, what sort of...

The ShamWow Fallacy or How Placebos Were Redefined

27 Dec 2024

If I told you that an all-natural remedy performed just as well as a placebo in a clinical trial, how would you interpret that?...

Placebos are harmless, right? Not always

22 Dec 2023

This article was originally posted in the Montreal Gazette....

Placebo effect is real, and complicated

8 Dec 2023

This article was originally posted in the Montreal Gazette.

The Legend of the Wartime Placebo

11 Feb 2022

Facts rarely get in the way of a good story. There is a foundational myth in placebo research that has been repeated over and over again, sometimes with inexplicable flourishes, often with the...

Reassuring Data for Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine

10 Dec 2020

Pfizer and BioNTech’s RNA vaccine against COVID-19 has just been authorized by Health Canada. There will be many Internet whispers, half-truths and lies about how it works and how safe it is, so...

Can we use eggshells to treat osteoarthritis?

17 May 2018

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Oprah for President?

12 Jan 2018

The U.S. is abuzz with chatter about Oprah for President. She makes a thoughtful, rousing, captivating speech at the Golden Globe Awards and people are ready to usher her into the Oval Office. But...

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