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Do radio waves from mobile devices cause cancer? A look at the evidence
Current scientific consensus is that there is little to no evidence that radiofrequency causes increased risk of cancer in humans.
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How we know vaccines don’t cause autism – and why this belief persists
The claim that “vaccines cause autism” first received its scientific backing by Andrew Wakefield’s now-retracted study in The Lancet, published…
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The Most Popular Health Articles of 2018, a Scientific Credibility Review
News about health and medicine touch the lives of many people, therefore they often become highly circulated on the Internet.…
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New Scientist article accurately summarises polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) research but overstates significance of animal studies
“I think that the title overstates the position with the present level of knowledge and is too sensationalist. The ‘ovarian cysts’ stated to typically characterize PCOS are not cysts but follicles and this may be misleading. On the positive side, the quotes from Professor Robert Norman are spot on and accurately quoted (see Annotations below).”