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Great example of debunking bad science: on health effects Fukushima fallout in USA

30/04/201430/04/2014 Pepijn Leave a comment

Scientists should do this kind of debunking of bogus science more often!

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Do patients of CAM-trained GPs have 15 percent less healthcare costs? Nope, myth busted!

14/05/201314/07/2018 Pepijn 2 Comments

The study of Kooreman and Baars doesn’t at all show that GPs trained in alternative medicine work more cost efficient, but the authors make us believe so using their press release and other public outings.

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Ants Performing Statistical Miracle under GSM Phone Radiation?

18/02/201316/01/2020 Pepijn 7 Comments

A study showed that ants lose the ability of picking up visual and olfactory cues under influence of GSM radiation, but the figures look too good to be true.

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The Stapel Fraud Anniversary and the Psychology of Meat

07/09/201215/03/2023 Pepijn 2 Comments

A year ago Diederik Stapel was exposed as a fraud. In the week before this announcement I had been analyzing his meat bastards research.

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About the study on effects of the workplace smoking ban in the Netherlands and what is wrong with it

06/08/201229/12/2013 Pepijn 1 Comment

A Dutch study shows a significant decrease of sudden circulatory arrests after implementation of a working place smoking ban, but doesn’t explain the big increase before the ban.

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Translated article: IACH Research Award for Study on Homeopathic Prevention of Piglet Diarrhoea

20/05/201222/03/2020 Pepijn Leave a comment

A critica look at the study by Irene Camerlink and Liesbeth Ellinger on using homeopathy to prevent diarrhoea in piglets. It’s utterly flawed and proves nothing. .

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Osucksy … no, Olycocks … damn!, Oscillococcinum!?

13/05/201201/11/2014 Pepijn Leave a comment

Every year it’s the same story: when people around us start coughing and sneezing and complaining of catching the flu, we see commercials for the unpronounceable product pop up on our TV screen. Oscillococcinum is back in town! This cold and flu season we saw some interesting developments with regards to this homeopathic drug; interesting from […]

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