Today, I ask for your forgiveness for deviating completely from the subject of this blog: this post has nothing to do with so-called alternative medicine (but quite a bit bit with health and survival) ...

I just received an interesting comment by someone who hides behind the name SANDBOX: Technically, your Springer books should have been peer-reviewed, and you should have declared your conflicts of ...

The story of how my new book came to get published is long and tedious - too long and tedious to be told here in full. Let me therefore try give you just a very brief summary: The 'Apotheken Umschau' ...

Mimicry theory refers to the idea that individuals or groups imitate (mimic) others, usually to achieve specific goals or outcomes. Here are some examples: Biological Mimicry: In biology, mimicry ...

The present paper described a rare and lethal adverse event following leech therapy. A 63-year-old man was referred to Nemazee Teaching Hospital (Shiraz, Iran) in December 2020 with a two-week history ...

Influenza poses a major health challenge due to its variability, pandemic potential and absence of an effective cure. These fact render prevention crucial. This cross-sectional study aimed to explore ...

One might think that fact-checking and AI will render the survival of bullshit (BS) difficult. But is that true? I am not sure. Who better to ask than AI? I therefore asked META AI to help me out.

On this blog, we have repeatedly discussed BLEACH and several of the individuals promoting it (who I called 'BLEACH BOYS') as a cure for just about everything, e.g.: Beware of the ‘Bleach Boys’ – hydr ...

The current editorial in the Journal 'HOMEOPATHY' is entitled "A Turning Point for Homeopathy?". It hinges on the often discussed wishful thinking of homeopaths that the mechanism of action (MoA) of ...

I came across an interesting article that is most relevant to the subject of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM). Here is its abstract: The dream of a universal cure has persisted throughout history ...

Many consumers hold a positive or neutral view of homeopathy. This is primarily because they don't fully understand what it is, how absurd its assumptions really are, and how dangerous the homeopathic ...

I recently asked 'GOOGLE GEMINI' about my problems with King Charles. The reply was concise, to the point and roughly correct: Edzard Ernst's "problem" with King Charles (then Prince Charles) stemmed ...