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Second opinion: Talking detox with Gwyneth Paltrow’s doctor
The complexities of evidence in the context of alternative medicine
By Julia Belluz - Monday, April 22, 2013 - 0 Comments
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Fair warning, fear-mongering — and the real risk of STIs
Julia Belluz on health risks and their messaging
By Julia Belluz - Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 0 Comments
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Podcast: Is Gwyneth Paltrow’s new cookbook all good?
Julia Belluz discusses the dangers of celebrity health promoters and the science behind why we listen
By Jessica Allen - Wednesday, April 3, 2013 - 0 Comments
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‘It’s All Good’? Actually, Gwyneth Paltrow’s new cookbook borders on quack science
Julia Belluz on the dangers of elimination diets
By Julia Belluz - Tuesday, April 2, 2013 - 0 Comments
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Did reducing hours for residents increase medical errors?
Julia Belluz looks at resident shifts and patient safety
By Julia Belluz - Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 0 Comments
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Can your smartphone make you sick?
Does our ever-growing affinity for mobile devices constitute actual addiction? Science-ish investigates
By Julia Belluz - Friday, March 22, 2013 - 0 Comments
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Why are some hospitals more likely to perform C-sections?
Julia Belluz looks at the challenges of ‘unwarranted variation’
By Julia Belluz - Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - 0 Comments
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Great minds think alike when it comes to funding brain research
Julia Belluz looks at how Canada competes when it comes to neuroscience
By Julia Belluz - Friday, March 8, 2013 - 0 Comments
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Should the state pay for in vitro fertilization?
Fertility politics: An evidence-free zone?
By Julia Belluz - Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 0 Comments
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Big Data: Bad science on steroids?
Experts struggle with how to tell the signal from the noise
By Julia Belluz - Friday, February 22, 2013 - 0 Comments
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Tamiflu takedown
Researchers ask Canada’s public health agency the tough questions, and the answers aren’t very reassuring
By Julia Belluz - Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 0 Comments
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Podcast: What’s the evidence behind the anti-fluoridation outrage?
Julia Belluz breaks down the debate
By Julia Belluz - Sunday, February 10, 2013 - 0 Comments
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Talking with Ben Goldacre about his new book, ‘Bad Pharma’
On why real science matters, the problem with missing data and why alternative medicine is more interesting than evil
By Julia Belluz - Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 0 Comments
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How did Jenny McCarthy earn a platform at a cancer fundraiser?
The anti-vaccine crusader has just been dropped from an Ottawa fundraiser. Science-ish asks why she was there in the first place
By Julia Belluz - Friday, February 1, 2013 - 0 Comments
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Fat vs. sugar in battle of the bulge
Should we cut sugar from our diets the way we banished fat decades ago?
By Julia Belluz - Monday, January 28, 2013 - 0 Comments
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Is this flu season bad? No one knows
Why there is no good measure of influenza virus infections, deaths, and similar respiratory illnesses
By Julia Belluz - Friday, January 18, 2013 - 0 Comments
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What is known—and not known—about your flu medication
Julia Belluz explains why Canada’s emergency stockpile of Tamiflu comes as no relief
By Julia Belluz - Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 0 Comments
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Good science vs. bad science
How do you tell the difference? Science-ish has six red flags to watch for
By Julia Belluz - Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 0 Comments
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The truth about superbugs and antibiotics
There’s good news (the problem is fixable) and bad (a dry drug pipeline)
By Julia Belluz - Friday, January 4, 2013 - 0 Comments
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7 key health trends for 2013
Reverse innovation, crowd research, rise of the doctor war: Julia Belluz previews the year ahead in health
By Julia Belluz - Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 0 Comments
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2012: Outrageous attacks on science
Julia Belluz on Dr. Oz and coffee-related health claims
By Julia Belluz - Friday, December 14, 2012 - 0 Comments
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Which vitamins and supplements actually work?
St. John’s wort makes the cut, but stop wasting your money on raspberry ketones
By Julia Belluz - Thursday, December 6, 2012 - 0 Comments
