Science-Based Medicine

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]

Science-Based Medicine
Type of site
Blog
Available inEnglish
OwnerNew England Skeptical Society
Websitewww.sciencebasedmedicine.org
CommercialNo
Launched2008[1]

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]

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]

Past editors have been:[15]

  • Wallace Sampson
  • Paul Ingraham[20]
  • Mark Crislip[21]

See also

References
  1. "Announcing the Science-Based Medicine Blog". Science-Based Medicine. January 1, 2008. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  2. Johannes, Laura (May 19, 2014). "Will Getting Grounded Help You Sleep Better and Ease Pain?". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  3. Osborne, Hannah (August 20, 2014). "Clinical Trials of Homeopathy 'Essentially Test Whether Magic Works', Experts Say". International Business Times. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  4. Lipson, Peter (May 5, 2016). "Alleged Medical Expert Mike Adams Attacks Respected Cancer Doctor". Forbes. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  5. Freedman, David H. (July–August 2011). "The Triumph of New-Age Medicine". The Atlantic. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  6. Senapathy, Kavin (May 31, 2016). "Why Is Big Naturopathy Afraid Of This Lone Whistleblower?". Forbes. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  7. Joe, Schwarcz (July 17, 2015). "The Right Chemistry: 'Is it safe to kiss your golf balls?'". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  8. Gifford, Bill (November 13, 2013). "This is What You Get When You Look to TV Stars for Health Advice: Suzanne Somers, Dangerous Medical Hack". The New Republic. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  9. Moyer, Melinda Wenner (February 11, 2013). "Does Fluoride Make Your Kids Dumb?". Slate. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  10. McNamee, David (August 22, 2014). "Why is scientific literacy among the general population important?". Medical News Today. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  11. Stein, Rob (April 20, 2015). "FDA Ponders Putting Homeopathy To A Tougher Test". NPR. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  12. Harvey, Chelsea (January 27, 2016). "How cases like Flint destroy public trust in science". Washington Post. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  13. Walker, Connie; Luke, Marnie (May 7, 2016). "Health Canada investigates Florida spa director's illegal supplements". CBC News. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  14. Bradley, Fikes (January 4, 2016). "Most biomed studies irreproducible, reviews find". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  15. "Editors". Science-Based Medicine. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  16. Robertson, Blair (May 18, 2016). "Despite safety benefits, there's no consensus on bike helmets". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  17. Branswell, Helen (May 26, 2015). "Spurious Lyme disease 'cures' proliferate on web, study finds". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  18. Weber, Nina (August 18, 2011). "Asthma-Patienten: Placebo-Studie erzürnt US-Mediziner". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  19. Lilienfeld, Scott (January 27, 2014). "Evidence-Based Practice: The Misunderstandings Continue". Psychology Today.
  20. Ng, Nick (May 17, 2014). "Placebo Effect: Why People Believe 'It Works' [Video] · Guardian Liberty Voice". Guardian Liberty Voice. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  21. Painter, Kim (July 17, 2016). "'Dry needling' for pain therapy is under scrutiny". USA Today. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
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