Month: April 2017
News: 24-30 April 2017
Sham acupuncture is as efficacious as true acupuncture for the treatment of IBS: A randomized placebo controlled trial: The lack of differences in symptom outcomes between sham and true treatment acupuncture suggests that acupuncture does not have a specific treatment effect in IBS.
News: 17-23 April 2017
Thousands Join ‘March for Science’: Thousands of people gathered in downtown Chicago on Saturday to join the “March for Science” event, one of hundreds of rallies around the world advocating for the scientific community.
Complaint spurs inquiry into Australian Vaccination-Skeptics Network’s fundraising activities: One of … [Read more...]
News: 10-16 April 2017
Band-Aid promotions to be ripped off the shelf after complaints about healing claims: Band-Aid in-store promotions asserting that the product helps heal wounds “twice as fast” could be removed from shops after its parent company refused to release research proving the claim.
News: 2-9 April 2017
Blackmores gives $10 million donation for complementary medicine research: Friends of Science in Medicine executive member Ken Harvey said Blackmores research had previously been presented to indicate a benefit to some of its products where there was none.
News: 27 March- 2 April 2017
FSM Newsletter No 15: This newsletter highlights FSM’s recent activities.
Professor Brian Cox: “It’s Very Difficult To Argue With An Idiot”: His new book “Universal: A Guide To The Cosmos” discusses how to apply the scientific method to the world around you.