Skeptical Thoughts

The NZ Herald reports that "a leading scientist" (Dr Poikolainen) has said a bottle of wine a day would do no harm to your health, and that drinking more than the current recommended daily amount of ... (152 words)

A woman has made the news today because she has been denied treatment for a medical condition, symphysis pubis dysfunction, related to her pregnancy. Southern Cross Insurance have said that the ... (286 words)

Julia Rucklidge from Canterbury University has suggested that processed food may be a cause of a mental illness epidemic. I'm not sure that a) there is an epidemic, or b) processed food is a cause. ... (207 words)

The Society for Science Based Healthcare has recently submitted complaints about articles in two newspapers. The first is an article which appeared in the Herald on Sunday a few weeks ago ("Caring ... (262 words)