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Watching the jaw drop or tug-of-war facial reaction battle of another person when they discover my educational and career endeavors is so uniformly commonplace that I would be hard pressed to come up with a day let alone a week where such an occur

Junk science is everywhere.

Anyone who has suffered from migraines is aware of the limitation of the treatment options out there.

As a scientist, I frequently get asked questions about topics that people bump into in their everyday lives.

When an article says "Don't let this go unshared," over and over again (five times - if we're counting,) I automatically have questions.

Homeopathic products are a scam. They are sold for almost any ailment imaginable and, collectively, people are willing to spend several billions of dollars a year on them despite any evidence that they are effective. 

You can certainly say that we millennials have a distinct sense of entitlement.

With more and more stories crossing my path of people (mostly children) being hospitalized or dying at the hand of a naturopath, I could not help but wonder....

This morning Archana Radhakrishnan et al. from Johns Hopkins and the University of Pennsylvania, published a paper in Cancer on who and why patients seek second opinions on prostate cancer.

With the Cubs winning the World Series for the first time in more than a century, there's a level of excitement for the team's historic achievement that's extending well beyond Wrigley Field and the city of Chicago.