Neurologica
Viewpoint: Alternative medicine strikes again—and why cancer treatment should be left to professionals
Every doctor who treats cancer patients can tell you stories of patients who present with cancers too advanced to treat ...
Viewpoint: ‘Clean eating’ is pseudoscience
[Editor's note: Dr. Steven Novella is an academic clinical neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine.] Eating “clean” is the ...
Industry-University GMO relationship: Complicated reality exploited by activists
Concern over ties between academia and industry is legitimate, but often overblown, and can be used to justify witch hunts. There is the ...
Activists missing point: GMOs proxy for other concerns
In a recent article, Beth Skwarecki writes about the fact that people who are opposed to GMOs (genetically modified organisms) are ...
Audio: Will FOIA request have ‘chilling effect’ on GMO science communication?
On the SGU this week we interviewed Kevin Folta, who is a biotechnology scientist at the University of Florida. Kevin ...
Debunking Creationist study criticizing similiarity between human and chimpanzee DNA
I was recently asked to respond to an apologist page that challenged the scientific claim that human and chimpanzee DNA ...
Vandana Shiva entitled to her own opinions, not her own facts
A recent New Yorker article by Michael Specter does an excellent job of putting the activism of anti-GMO campaigner, Vandana Shiva, into ...
Scientist busts persistent GMO myths, focuses on real issues
One persistent theme in my writing about scientific topics is that, to optimally serve our own interests, public discourse and ...
Republished Seralini GM corn toxicity study now ‘infamous’ for poor quality
The strange odyssey of the paper, Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize, by Seralini ...
Organic label creates brand perceptions of “healthier” and “safer,” even when untrue
There are many public debates raging that are essentially dueling narratives, both sides claiming to have science, evidence, and logic ...
GMO and Indian farmer suicide backgrounder
The claim that the introduction of GM crops in India has caused an increase in farmer suicides was not based ...
Deconstructing the GMO debate: The difference between reason and ideology
In his blog Neurologica, Steven Novella, MD, argues that ideology is rampant in the debate over GMOs and it's important to ...
