Following a year of brilliant Ask for Evidence activity from Emerson College students in the US, Ask for Evidence has gone outdoors with a series of adverts appearing on the [...]
Superfoods to boost your chances of conceiving, relaxation CDs, home-made energy bars to ward off infertility, exercise regimes to boost your sperm count and even fertility astrologers. Fertility is a [...]
What do the Women’s Institutes and the weightlifting podcast Iron Radio have in common? They, along with Oxford Skeptics in the Pub and the South Harpenden Gardens and Allotments Society [...]
We are all familiar with '5 a day'. But if you look abroad it turns out other countries are advising six, or seven or even ten portions of fruit and [...]
A fortnight ago, when my wife mentioned we were planning on getting a second-hand pram, one of her colleagues firmly remarked: “You shouldn't buy anything second-hand – why would you [...]
"Do chocolate and cheese cause migraine? Is it true that taking painkillers makes migraine worse? Would many years of severe migraine attacks cause brain damage in later life? There are [...]
Thanks to all of you who have been visiting and using the site since we went live on Monday. Inevitably with a new site like this, there are going to [...]
There are so many different arguments about what we should and shouldn't do... how to raise an autistic child, fight dementia, cut the environmental impact of waste collection, or reduce [...]
Lots of people have been asking for evidence behind claims about rubbish and recycling. Get involved in our rubbish week. What happens to our waste and recycling once it’s been [...]
“Lack of sleep linked with depression” “Divorce linked to smoking” “Mother’s diet linked to childhood obesity” Do these types of headlines look familiar to you? Newspapers, health websites and adverts [...]
Intrepid evidence hunter and comedy writer/performer Gemma Arrowsmith highlights the importance of asking for evidence behind ‘miracle cures’ in her short video. Guaranteed 100% results! See what others have achieved [...]
This is a new interactive website where anyone can ask individuals and companies directly for evidence behind claims they make. It is part of the Ask for Evidence campaign which [...]
Antibiotic resistance and ‘superbugs’ have in the last few years become a focus of research efforts and public health campaigns. When there’s a focus on an issue like this we [...]
On 2nd October 2014, there was a double page spread in the Daily Mirror on “13 ways to cut your risk of breast cancer”. [...]
Check any newspaper today and you will find advice on what to eat or drink to lose weight or look good. Advertisers exploit our fixation with diet to sell products [...]
