This landmark study, often called the "Nürnberger Kochsalzversuch", is historically significant as probably the first recorded instances of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. It was ...

In the US, a felon is defined as a person who has been convicted of a felony. A felony is the most serious category of criminal offense. The US legal system distinguishes folonies from "misdemeanors" ...

In the early 19th-century Austrian Empire, few figures held as much power over the physical and institutional health of the state as Dr. Andreas Joseph von Stifft (1760–1836) - after all, he was the ...

The regualtion of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) differs from country to country which can and does cause a lot of confusion. Here are very brief summaries of some of the countries that I know ...

The Austrian news magazin PROFIL published a review of my new book. Both the book and the review are in German. I took the liberty of translating the latter for my readers who do not read German: It ...

Large-scale randomized trials have found that multivitamin–multimineral (MVM) supplements and cocoa flavanols may benefit several age-related chronic conditions among older adults, but it remains ...

Over the years these pages and many others have reported on the risks of using ayahuasca and kambo, psychoactive substances used by shamans, alt-med practitioners, cranks and downright frauds for ...

White phosphorus is a wax-like chemical substance that ignites spontaneously when exposed to oxygen. It burns at extremely high temperatures and continues to burn as long as it is exposed to air.

This prospective cohort study investigated associations of coffee and tea intake with dementia risk and cognitive function. It included female participants from the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS; n = 86 ...