/oss/taxonomy/term/4678/all en /oss/article/critical-thinking-pseudoscience/if-it-sounds-too-good-be-true-it <p>There is hardly a week that passes without someone asking my opinion about some video purporting to have found a remedy for some terrible ailment that “Big Pharma doesn’t want you to know about.” Why? Because as we are told, these companies are more interested in selling expensive, ineffective treatments to make sure that profits keep rolling in, profits that would be lost if a cure were made available.</p> Wed, 28 Aug 2024 19:37:16 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 10049 at /oss /oss/article/health/alzheimers-breakthrough-hardly <p>Alzheimer’s is a terrifying disease. Since no new medications for this condition have been introduced for about two decades, it is certainly understandable that any new drug that receives regulatory agency approval attracts media attention. This is indeed the case for Aduhelm (aducanumab), recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. That approval, however, is riddled with controversy.</p> Sat, 12 Jun 2021 04:10:10 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8762 at /oss