Friends of Science in Medicine
Shonky supplements ‘science’ a cash cow: The Four Corners (ABC) report on complementary supplements showed unequivocally that multivitamins are a waste of money and just create “very expensive urine”. The Australian Medical Association president also says there is a lack of evidence showing multivitamins work.… [Read more...]
Sorry, alternative health people: feeling better after a therapy is no proof it works: Every day, alternative health practitioners see patients who improve after receiving their treatment and feel it is wrong to doubt their experience. For them, the proof of the pudding is in … [Read more...]
Watchdog with teeth to name, shame and ban dodgy health providers: Dodgy health providers can now be named, shamed and banned in Victoria by a new complaints watchdog with bolstered powers that extend to unregistered practitioners and those providing general health services like massage.
Weekly Roundup:
On Health: Debunking detox diets:A detox diet supposedly gets rid of toxins from the body, helping you to cleanse your system and to lose weight in the process, according to the School of Public Health of University of California, Berkeley. However, this … [Read more...]
PRAISE FOR THE GOVERNMENT’S RESTRICTION ON THE USE OF TAX PAYER’S DOLLARS FOR INEFFECTIVE “NATURAL” THERAPIES
06 May 2012
The government has announced that the 30% contribution taxpayer’s dollars currently provide when private health insurers pay for a range of ‘Natural’ therapies is to cease. … [Read more...]
Weekly Roundup:
The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists: Scientists all over the world, including graduate students, senior professors, laboratory heads, and Fields Medalists, say that in a variety of ways, their careers are being hijacked by perverse incentives. The result is … [Read more...]
As of June 2017 our overseas friends include:
Dr Richard Aickin, Paediatric Emergency Specialist, Starship Hospital, New Zealand, Chairman, New Zealand Resuscitation Council, Executive Committee member, Australian Resuscitation Council, Chairman, Australian & New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation, Steering Committee member & evidence reviewer, International … [Read more...]
Dear Visitor,
FSM was formed in 2011 to emphasise the importance of basing Australian health care on evidence, scientifically sound research and established scientific knowledge published in peer-reviewed journals of accepted standing. Valuing scientific rigour is especially important in an age … [Read more...]