Vacationing at a spa can be quite relaxing… unless you’re a scientist paying attention to the all-natural quackery they are feeding you! https://mcgill.ca/oss/article/quackery/skeptics-vacation-hell-quite-relaxing-nonetheless
Category: Writings
Written articles and blog posts
Migraine Prevention at the Tip of a Needle? Trials Are Underwhelming
The science behind a new injectable drug for migraine prevention is compelling; the clinical evidence, however, less so. https://mcgill.ca/oss/article/health/migraine-prevention-tip-needle-aimovigs-trials-are-underwhelming
Book Review: Bad Blood – Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Bad Blood tells the story of how one woman wanted so badly to be the next Steve Jobs, she put patients’ lives at risk. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health-technology-reviews/book-review-bad-blood-secrets-and-lies-silicon-valley-startup
New Cancer Drugs Rally the Body’s Troops But They Should Not Be Immune to Criticism
Immunotherapy is the idea of triggering an attack on cancer by the body’s own immune system. Success stories get attention from the press but they
Refusing Medicine and Dying Early: When Complementary Medicine Actually Becomes an Alternative to Medicine
The idea that complementing your cancer therapy with all-natural solutions never leads to rejection of necessary medical care makes little sense, and new studies, though
How our deceptive cancer cure video went viral and reminded people to be skeptical
Videos promoting unproven cancer cures spread like wildfire on social media, so the people at the Office for Science and Society created one of their
