It costs a lot of money to look this cheap,” Dolly Parton once observed wittily and self-critically. Her bon mot made me realise that homeopathy offers an equally remarkable, proposition: it costs a ...

When French high school pupils gather in the streets, they are not, as casual bystander might assume, asking for adequately heated classrooms, or fewer students per classroom, or fully staffed schools ...

Gut microbiota composition might have a role in the pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and faecal microbiota transplantation has been proposed as a means of restoring healthy gut ...

Humour is said to be the best therapy. It certainly can act as a psychological release valve that defuses anxiety, exposes absurdity, and keeps us grounded. But its cathartic power comes with a catch: ...

I know many people – myself included – whose blood pressure increases when Trump is mentioned. But this post is not about the anger and stress by which the orange felon might jeapardise our health ans ...

Medical practice is often perceived through the lens of patient autonomy and non-judgmental care. In discussions regarding ineffective modalities like homeopathy, physicians are frequently advised to ...

A recent high-quality study published in 'Nature Metabolism' has attracted much international attention. Umderstandably - it links glucosamine (a popular supplement used predominantly for ...

A Critical Review of Applications, Evidence, Safety and Patient-Centred Care" caught my eye is not surprising. The paper itself, however, offers plenty of surprises. Here is its abstract: Population ...

Faith can allegedly move mountains - but it evidently does not prevent the deaths of children in the US state of Idaho. ProPublica reported how 4 (!) children in one Idaho family died from treatable ...

It takes a special kind of geopolitical sophistication to hear a president of the US suggest that vaporizing millions of your fellow countrymen is “a very small price to pay” and think, “Yes, ...