"Since filing a complaint with the FTC against the supplement’s maker, Quincy Bioscience, in 2015, TINA.org has regularly heard from consumers alarmed by the company’s deceptive claims that its jellyfish-based supplement improves memory and provides other cognitive benefits. One consumer who said she was a physician told us she was 'horrified' by the marketing, which targets millions of seniors worried about memory loss and cognitive impairment."
Human knowledge has progressed exponentially since the dawn of modern science. It is no longer reasonable to accept claims without sufficient objective evidence. The harm from religion, alternatives to medicine, conservatism, and all other false beliefs will be exposed on this blog by reporting the findings of science. This blog will also reinforce what should be the basics of education: History, Civics, Financial Literacy, Media Literacy, and Critical/Science Based Thinking.
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Prevagen: Their False Advertising Stopped?
"Since filing a complaint with the FTC against the supplement’s maker, Quincy Bioscience, in 2015, TINA.org has regularly heard from consumers alarmed by the company’s deceptive claims that its jellyfish-based supplement improves memory and provides other cognitive benefits. One consumer who said she was a physician told us she was 'horrified' by the marketing, which targets millions of seniors worried about memory loss and cognitive impairment."
Friday, November 22, 2024
EFT: Just Another Pseudoscience Placebo
"The Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), also referred to as tapping therapy or energy psychology, has been gaining popularity both as a self-help technique and psychological intervention. However, it remains firmly in the realm of pseudoscience and reveals significant weaknesses in the psychological research infrastructure.
"EFT is based explicitly on acupuncture/acupressure points, specific locations on so-called “meridians” in the body where 'energy' flows. Here is a typical definition:
- EFT works by tapping on acupressure meridians to release blockages. When these blockages are released, the problem feeling can be released and move through the body. The process starts with a beginning statement of what the problem feeling is and includes a complete acceptance and acknowledgment of the problem.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
A History Of Medical Quackery
Saturday, November 16, 2024
A Summary of Alternatives To Medicine
"Of the hundreds of different therapies that comprise SCAM, some (e.g., homeopathy, energy healing) are mere placebo treatments and thus unlikely to cause any direct harm (Ernst 2022). Others can cause adverse effects and complications that can be severe, sometimes even fatal. Examples of the latter category are:
- Chiropractic can cause death. My 2010 review summarized twenty-six fatalities after chiropractic spinal manipulations. The alleged pathology usually was a vascular accident involving the dissection of a vertebral artery (Ernst 2010).
- Acupuncture can cause injuries to thoracic and abdominal viscera, to the peripheral and central nervous systems, and to blood vessels. Deaths have also been recorded from pneumothorax and cardiac tamponade (Peuker et al. 1999).
- Herbal medicine can cause a wide range of adverse effects (Ernst 2004) and unwanted herb-drug interactions (Izzo and Ernst 2009).
"As no effective post-marketing surveillance exists in SCAM, the incidence of adverse events after SCAM use is essentially unknown."
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