More on Long COVID - Science-Based Medicine
WEBAug 21, 2024 · There is still a long list of potential causes of long COVID, including: direct or indirect invasion of the virus into the brain, immune dysregulation, hormonal disturbances, elevated cytokine levels due to immune reaction leading to chronic inflammation, direct tissue damage to other organs, and persistent low-grade infection.
Evidence in Medicine: Correlation and Causation
WEBNov 18, 2009 · Founder and currently Executive Editor of Science-Based Medicine Steven Novella, MD is an academic clinical neurologist at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is also the host and producer of the popular weekly science podcast, The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe, and the author of the NeuroLogicaBlog, a daily blog that covers news and issues in neuroscience, but also general science ...
The Need for Science-Based Medicine
WEBDec 15, 2021 · The mission of SBM continues. Founder and currently Executive Editor of Science-Based Medicine Steven Novella, MD is an academic clinical neurologist at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is also the host and producer of the popular weekly science podcast, The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe, and the author of the NeuroLogicaBlog, a daily blog that covers news and issues in ...
About SBM - Science-Based Medicine
WEBScience-Based Medicine is dedicated to evaluating medical treatments and products of interest to the public in a scientific light, and promoting the highest standards and traditions of science in health care. Online information about alternative medicine is overwhelmingly credulous and uncritical, and even mainstream media and some medical ...
Medical Science in 2024 - Science-Based Medicine
WEBJan 3, 2024 · Founder and currently Executive Editor of Science-Based Medicine Steven Novella, MD is an academic clinical neurologist at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is also the host and producer of the popular weekly science podcast, The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe, and the author of the NeuroLogicaBlog, a daily blog that covers news and issues in neuroscience, but also general science ...
Clinical Trials - Science-Based Medicine
WEBJun 23, 2024 · Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has been a very useful paradigm for assessing evidence in medicine. However, like any other framework, it can be misused, particularly when fundamentalist EBM methodolatry leads to its inappropriate application to questions for which it is ill-suited, a misuse that has …
What Is Somatic Therapy? - Science-Based Medicine
WEBFeb 28, 2024 · One manifestation of this phenomenon is so-called “somatic therapy”. Here is an explanation of what that is, from Harvard: “A somatic therapist helps people release damaging, pent-up emotions in their body by using various mind-body techniques. These can vary widely, ranging from acupressure and hypnosis to breathwork and dance.”.
Update on GMOs and Health | Science-Based Medicine
WEBJun 21, 2023 · Based on this evidence, 280 scientific organizations around the world have declared that GMOs are just as safe as non-GMO foods and present no special risk. There is, in fact, an overwhelming scientific consensus that GMOs currently on the market are safe and pose no threat to the environment. On the contrary, GMO technology has been critical ...
Spike Proteins, COVID-19, and Vaccines - Science-Based Medicine
WEBMay 5, 2021 · The new study, however, is the first to directly show that the spike proteins themselves are able to cause harm, and also confirms that COVID-19 is primarily a vascular disease that damages blood vessel walls. What the researchers did was create a pseudovirus – a protein shell with spike proteins but no viral RNA inside.
15 Years of SBM - Science-Based Medicine
WEBDec 21, 2022 · A look back at a decade and a half of SBM. The beginning of the new year will mark the 15th anniversary of Science-Based Medicine as a blog. In that time we have published 4,328 articles covering just about every topic in the science of medicine. Hopefully we have at least added a useful voice to the much needed conversation surrounding how ...