This landmark study, often called the "Nürnberger Kochsalzversuch", is historically significant as probably the first recorded instances of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. It was ...

In the US, a felon is defined as a person who has been convicted of a felony. A felony is the most serious category of criminal offense. The US legal system distinguishes folonies from "misdemeanors" ...

In the early 19th-century Austrian Empire, few figures held as much power over the physical and institutional health of the state as Dr. Andreas Joseph von Stifft (1760–1836) - after all, he was the ...

The regualtion of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) differs from country to country which can and does cause a lot of confusion. Here are very brief summaries of some of the countries that I know ...

White phosphorus is a wax-like chemical substance that ignites spontaneously when exposed to oxygen. It burns at extremely high temperatures and continues to burn as long as it is exposed to air.

Large-scale randomized trials have found that multivitamin–multimineral (MVM) supplements and cocoa flavanols may benefit several age-related chronic conditions among older adults, but it remains ...

The Austrian news magazin PROFIL published a review of my new book. Both the book and the review are in German. I took the liberty of translating the latter for my readers who do not read German: It ...

Over the years these pages and many others have reported on the risks of using ayahuasca and kambo, psychoactive substances used by shamans, alt-med practitioners, cranks and downright frauds for ...

Yesterday Dana commented on this blog the following: … And while you’re there, I am still waiting for anyone here to review and critique my newest contribution to the PubMed literature: Rockefeller, ...