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Sunday House Call, #782, March 21, 2021: Bad science that sticks to your ribs.
The litany of discredited COVID-19 preventions, cures and treatments that never seem to go away. The Truth about Vitamin D and COVID-19Ivermectin, Convalescent Plasma and…
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Bad Science
Original broadcast date: March 29, 2009 If there is one quote that epitomizes the plethora of ideas expressed in physician and Guardian columnist Dr. Ben…
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In Bad Taste? The Adventures and Science Behind Food Delicacies
Stories of trekking through jungles, deserts and mountainous terrain, avoiding poisonous snakes, armed militias, crocodiles, lions, snakes, swarms of bats and zebra stampedes, is the…
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If you like coffee then enjoy. There are hundreds of observational studies leading to headline claims trying to justify its consumption on the basis of good or bad health outcomes. Nature of these studies: they are unable to establish causality.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 18, 2023 Source:This amount of coffee a day is tied to a lower risk of depression and anxiety: study Reference:The…
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Sunday House Call, #841, July 3, 2022: Whistling The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Three stories today: The Good: ‘It saves lives’: Medical study says established heart drug good for strokes, too The Bad: Man Comes To Hospital With…
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Sunday House Call, #757, September 20, 2020: Why respectful debunking of pseudoscience is important. A conversation with Jonathan Jarry (@CrackedScience) from the @McGillOSS
Sunday House Call, #757, September 20, 2020: Why respectful debunking of pseudoscience is important. A conversation with Jonathan Jarry (@CrackedScience) from the @McGillOSS The McGill…
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Wednesday House Call, November 20, 2019: Stem Cells Ruses and Prince Andrew’s Sweat Pseudoscience
Wednesday House Call, November 20, 2019: Stem Cells Ruses and Prince Andrew’s Sweat Pseudoscience Dr Barry Dworkin joins Matt Harris to discuss a US company’s…
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Sunday House Call, #707, September 1, 2019: A shot that should be heard and felt around the world. Too bad anti-vaxxers wear ear plugs and have “backfire-effect” armour.
Sunday House Call, #707, September 1, 2019: A shot that should be heard and felt around the world. Too bad anti-vaxxers wear ear plugs and…
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Raw water: A testament to antiscience and the Dunning-Kruger Effect
Health Headlines Commentary for January 3, 2018 Source: ‘Raw water’ is the latest health craze. Here’s why drinking it may be a bad idea.