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Intermittent claudication (IC) secondary to peripheral artery disease (PAD) causes exertional leg pain and discomfort, which limits functional walking capacity. The clinical efficacy of Ginkgo biloba extract (GBE) as a therapeutic agent for IC is debatable. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy and safety of GBE compared with a placebo in patients wi...

On social media claims like “THREE STUDIES LINK NEWBORN VITAMIN K SHOTS TO HIGHER ODDS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER” currently abound. It does not take long to find that this claim is not supported by the overall scientific evidence. It relies on selectively citing a few early observational studies that reported elevated odds ratios. At the […]

On November 11, 2026, Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) Member of the European Parliament Gerald Hauser was awarded the 2026 “Goldenes Brett vorm Kopf” (“Golden Blockhead”). This is an annual satirical prize, and it was presented in Vienna by the Viennese Skeptics. The award is supposed to highlight the year’s most prominent promoters of pseudoscience, conspiracy […]

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disorder requiring long-term management. Individualized homeopathy has been proposed as a potential adjunct in integrative care, though clinical evidence is limited. The primary objective of this multi-center, prospective, non-randomized, single-group interventional RA study was to evaluate the effect of homeopathic medicine...

This post is unrelated to medicine. It relates to something seemingly trivial that upset me today when I listened to the BBC news. David Walliams is a well-known British actor, and Jonathan Ross is a well-known British TV presenter. In 2004 Ross made joke about Walliams that has just resurfaced with a force its original […]