Science-Based Medicine
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Type of site |
Blog |
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Available in | English |
Website | www.sciencebasedmedicine.org |
Commercial | No |
Launched | 2008[1] |
Science-Based Medicine is a website with articles covering issues in science and medicine,[2][3] especially dangerous medical scams and practices.[4]Science-Based Medicine is noted as an influential and respected source of information about medical controversies and alternative medicine.[5][6][7][8][9]
Steven Novella, a clinical neurologist at Yale University, founded the site as a blog and serves as its executive editor.[10][11]David Gorski, a surgical oncologist at Wayne State University, serves as the managing editor.[12][13][14] Both editors and the blog's regular contributors are prominent skeptics, doctors, researchers, and communicators.[4]
Contents
1 Editorial staff
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Editorial staff
The Science-Based Medicine editorial staff describes themselves as "being alarmed at the manner in which unscientific and pseudoscientific health care ideas have increasingly infiltrated academic medicine and medicine at large"; they state that the best medicine is based on scientific principles, which includes prior plausibility, not based on evidence alone.[15]
The editors are:[15]
Steven Novella[10][11]
David Gorski[12][13]
Harriet Hall[16][17]
Kimball Atwood[18][19]
Past editors have been:[15]
- Wally Sampson
- Paul Ingraham[20]
Mark Crislip[21]
See also
- Evidence-based medicine
- Evidence-based practice
References
^ "Announcing the Science-Based Medicine Blog". Science-Based Medicine. 2008-01-01. Retrieved 2018-10-30..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Johannes, Laura (19 May 2014). "Will Getting Grounded Help You Sleep Better and Ease Pain?". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ Osborne, Hannah (20 August 2014). "Clinical Trials of Homeopathy 'Essentially Test Whether Magic Works', Experts Say". International Business Times. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ ab Lipson, Peter (5 May 2016). "Alleged Medical Expert Mike Adams Attacks Respected Cancer Doctor". Forbes. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ Freedman, David H. (July–August 2011). "The Triumph of New-Age Medicine". The Atlantic. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ Senapathy, Kavin (31 May 2016). "Why Is Big Naturopathy Afraid Of This Lone Whistleblower?". Forbes. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ Joe, Schwarcz (17 July 2015). "The Right Chemistry: 'Is it safe to kiss your golf balls?'". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ Gifford, Bill (13 November 2013). "This is What You Get When You Look to TV Stars for Health Advice: Suzanne Somers, Dangerous Medical Hack". The New Republic. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
^ Moyer, Melinda Wenner (11 February 2013). "Does Fluoride Make Your Kids Dumb?". Slate. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
^ ab McNamee, David (22 August 2014). "Why is scientific literacy among the general population important?". Medical News Today. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ ab Stein, Rob (20 April 2015). "FDA Ponders Putting Homeopathy To A Tougher Test". NPR. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ ab Harvey, Chelsea (27 January 2016). "How cases like Flint destroy public trust in science". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ ab Walker, Connie; Luke, Marnie (7 May 2016). "Health Canada investigates Florida spa director's illegal supplements". CBC News. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ Bradley, Fikes (4 January 2016). "Most biomed studies irreproducible, reviews find". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ abc "Editors". Science-Based Medicine. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
^ Robertson, Blair (18 May 2016). "Despite safety benefits, there's no consensus on bike helmets". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ Branswell, Helen (26 May 2015). "Spurious Lyme disease 'cures' proliferate on web, study finds". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ Weber, Nina (18 August 2011). "Asthma-Patienten: Placebo-Studie erzürnt US-Mediziner". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ Lilienfeld, Scott (27 January 2014). "Evidence-Based Practice: The Misunderstandings Continue". Psychology Today.
^ Ng, Nick (17 May 2014). "Placebo Effect: Why People Believe 'It Works' [Video] · Guardian Liberty Voice". Guardian Liberty Voice. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ Painter, Kim (17 July 2016). "'Dry needling' for pain therapy is under scrutiny". USA Today. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
External links
- Official website
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