It would be a miracle of modern medicine if a lubricant could prevent sexually transmitted infections including HIV, protect against cervical dysplasia, treat yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis, increase libido [...]
I recently came across an article describing ‘the 4-7-8’ method’: a breathing technique which, it was claimed, could enable insomniacs to get to sleep in less than a minute. It [...]
There are numerous diets around today, some of which provide dodgy and dangerous nutritional claims and sometimes involve consumers buying expensive and unnecessary products – just see the VoYS spoof [...]
To coincide with the launch of Sense About Science’s public guide Making Sense of Allergies, I helped out with Voice of Young Science’s campaign to Ask For Evidence on Allergy [...]
Freeman’s Homeopathic Pharmacy in Glasgow stocks over 3,400 remedies, including amniotic fluid and E. coli. A rather more unusual remedy, however, is the Homeopathic ‘Horned Owl’. Given that Freeman’s currently [...]
Discovery News recently published an article titled "World’s Oldest People Are Genetically Superior". In spite of the definitive headline, Alexander found the evidence provided in the article less than convincing: "At [...]
The menopause typically begins to affect women around the age of 50 and may be accompanied by a range of symptoms, including hot flushes, vaginal dryness, anxiety and depression. A [...]
I read in The Times (£, July 28th) and Evening Standard (July 27th) about a pilot scheme in four London boroughs testing a device called a 'sobriety tag'. These ankle bracelets monitor the [...]
In May, the Daily Mail and the Mirror reported on a Cambridge teacher being refused entry to a branch of McDonalds in the early hours after failing an alcohol breath test. According to these [...]
Flavourings, stabilisers and preservatives are all harmless additives that go into our food to help keep it fresh and tasty. So I started to get rather irritated when a number of [...]
According to an article in the Daily Mirror earlier this year, festival wristbands could act as a health hazard by fostering the growth of harmful bacteria. Although just two bands from one [...]
As the parent of a one year old daughter who has only slept through the night on a handful of occasions I am particularly susceptible to anything that claims it could [...]
Here are the facts about asthma in the UK: 5.4 million people are currently receiving treatment for asthma - that’s 1 in 11 children and 1 in 12 adults. Around [...]
Last month The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph and The Mirror ran stories about crime falling following a “ban” on ‘mankinis’ – the swimwear made famous by Borat – by the Cornish town of [...]
Hamish Chalmers questions claims that forcing children to read Welsh will harm their education. [...]
