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Evidence‑based medicine (EBM) was developed to make clinical decisions more reliable by grounding them more solidly in good research. Thus, randomised clinical trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analysis became crucial for healthcare. That development brought undeniable progress, but it also created a problem: if we focus exclusively on such evidence, we might neglect an im...

Conversion therapy is a form of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) that attempts to change an individual’s sexual orientation from homosexual or bisexual to heterosexual, or to change their gender identity from transgender or non-binary to cisgender. The practice is built on the false premise that being LGBTQ+ is a mental illness or a developmental flaw that […]

I suppose nobody need eplanations what the Epstein files are, or what crimes they depict, or how often Trump is mentioned in them. What many might not know is that even the United Nations (UN) have commented on these documents Independent human rights experts, operating under mandates from the UN Human Rights Council, have warned […]

The IGeL-Monitor is a German information portal that reviews self-pay medical services offered in doctors’ offices. It summarizes the likely benefit and harm of these services in plain language so patients can make more informed decisions. It is run by the “Medizinischer Dienst Bund” and uses evidence-based assessments rather than advertising or provider opinion. The […]

The Church of Scientology has spent decades insisting that psychiatry is a terrorist conspiracy, antidepressants are a gateway to mass murder, and only its own “tech” can save humanity from the menace of Prozac and similar “poisons”. One might imagine this worldview would remain safely quarantined within L. Ron Hubbard’s realm of loons. But then […]