pseudoscience

Chemophobia is one of the most pervasive and fashionable phobias of the modern era, despite the central irony that chemicals are not only ubiquitous in every facet of life but also constitute life as we know it.

It’s March, which means March Madness, when basketball fans everywhere fill out brackets and pretend they have even the remotest chance of predicting the games. In the spirit of the NCAA tournament, I decided to create a bracket of my own.

Desperate people will do desperate things. And parents of autistic children are desperate.

Without light, there is no life.

Apple cider vinegar has been on my radar since the 1970s, when I was first asked about its purported miraculous properties on my radio show.

Let’s play a guessing game. Name a former surgeon who “moved on” to bigger and better thing$, aka humping questionable dietary supplements. “Better” as in a bigger and better portfolio. Who comes to mind? Dr. Oz, of course, right?

It's no secret that I'm a supplement skeptic [1]. Thanks to a 1994 federal law, the DSHEA [2], companies, some of which are deeply unethical, are able to sell all kinds of crap.

I recently attended a showing of Oscar-nominated short films.

                Ever wondered how a person with zero chemistry knowledge can influence public health? Enter Vani Hari, aka The Food Babe.

If you're not perpetually online in the health space, you may have missed a scuff-up between several science communicators and followers of Vani Hari, aka The Food Babe.