Archive for the bad science Tag

Quackwatch sued by Doctor’s Data

A familiar story. Here’s the rundown from The Quackometer: “Stephen Barrett [of Quackwatch] has been very critical of [Doctor's Data] and has written that the diagnostic health tests it provides are used to defraud patients. One test in particular stood out for his criticism where patients are given a “provoking agent” that flushes out heavy metals into the urine. A
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When the lack of comments damages your news brand

If you want to skip the background, go to the next subheading Last week the BBC Education website published a piece about a report into the use of technology by schoolchildren: “Tech addiction ‘harms learning’”: “Technology addiction among young people is having a disruptive effect on their learning, researchers have warned,” the intro led, before describing the results of the
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