November 1, 2018
The Greatest Marketing Scams of All Time
Many of us are too young to recall what Newsweek once called “one of the most ridiculously successful marketing schemes,”…
Category: Health/Medicine/Quackery
October 27, 2018
Will a Vitamin C Megadose Protect Against the Cold Virus?
Will taking Vitamin C protect against a cold? The average U.S. adult catches between two and four cold viruses each…
October 9, 2018
Does eating turkey really make you sleepy?
Thanksgiving is around the corner in Canada and the USA. Around the office and among friends, someone will undoubtedly comment…
October 6, 2018
How to Spot Bad Medicine, Pseudoscience, Scams, and Quacks
According to the Skeptic Dictionary, ‘Quackery‘ used to be a pejorative term describing medical charlatanism, that is, health practices or…
September 29, 2018
Is drinking wine really good for your heart?
Adrian Baranchuk, Queen’s University, Ontario; Bryce Alexander, Queen’s University, Ontario, and Sohaib Haseeb, Queen’s University, Ontario As the weekend approaches,…
September 21, 2018
Just the Facts: Radiation, Cell Phones, Wi-Fi, and Cancer.
Electromagnetic fields (EMF) are just about everywhere as our society becomes more and more technological. Sources of EMF include WiFi,…
September 19, 2018
Beware of Bogus Dietary Supplements
Dietary supplements have been making headlines lately, and not in a good way. The issue of the healthfulness and safety…
September 16, 2018
Pseudoscience and Magical Thinking: What’s the Harm?
What’s The Harm is a website that lists cases where a lack of critical thinking has caused unnecessary harm, death,…
September 14, 2018
Understanding Scale: The Universe, Atoms, and Homeopathy
Numbers, especially the very large and very small, can be deceiving. It’s almost impossible for our brains to compute the…
September 11, 2018
Reiki: Real or Ridiculous?
Reiki, a spiritual practice developed by a Japanese Buddhist in 1992, has developed into various traditions. Some call is palm…
