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Healthy Skepticism is a subreddit discussing topics such as the vaccine denialist movement, alternative medicine, homebirth and evidence-based medicine.

Healthy Skepticism is a subreddit focusing on the application of critical thinking and scientific skepticism to health and medicine. While few areas are off-limits, core topics include:

  • Alternative medicine

  • Vaccine denial, HIV/AIDS denial, anti-psychiatry, anti-fluoridation and associated conspiracy theories

  • Obstetric pseudoscience and the homebirth movement

  • Unproven and dangerous therapies and practices, from ear candles to antineoplastons

  • Questionable diagnoses such as EMF hypersensitivity and Morgellon's disease

  • Unproven or fraudulent medical devices and products

  • Principles of evidence-based medicine, including sources of bias in research and education

Subreddit Rules:

  1. This is not a place for specific medical advice.

  2. No personal information, including anecdotes with identifying content.

  3. Avoid personal attacks. Focus on the argument, not the person.

  4. Abusive, intolerant or bigoted users may be banned without warning.

  5. Do not downvote, please report content that you think is inappropriate.

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Does anyone have a good source of real life stories written by people harmed by pseudoscience treatments?

My husband fell down the rabbit hole of alt health. He is insisting that his body will be healed if he does certain treatments, like ozone therapy and rife machine therapy. He will not listen to facts or medical literature, only personal stories. In his echo chamber, he is only in contact with people (including the providers of the treatments) who tell him these are miracle cures that changed their lives. I am hoping if he can read or hear personal stories of harm done by these treatments, he may reconsider.

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2022/01/25
17:45 UTC

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Light lamp for depression?

I’m not into woo medicine. I’ve only got the time and money for the scientifically proven stuff.

My psychiatrist suggested I purchase a natural light lamp to help with my mild, sometimes moderate, depression. This would be supplemental to my meds & therapy.

Any thoughts on light therapy? Is it actually effective?

I’ve tried reading some studies about it, but having no scientific background—I can’t really understand the results.

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2021/05/06
15:48 UTC

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Absolutely meaningless encephalitis study

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2019/07/01
16:44 UTC

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DTaP and autism

I used to be antivax, but realized that many antivax talking points were debunked, implausible, or not supported by any evidence, but one thing I haven't seen debunked is the claim that pertussis vaccine causes autism, Does anyone here know about this?

17 Comments
2019/03/24
21:06 UTC

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How deadly is measles?

I hope this is an ok subreddit to post this in. Given the recent measles outbreaks and vaccine controversy I am curious how likely someone with measles is to die, and don't understand why I am finding very different numbers, the CDC says 1 in 500-1,000 infected people die, but that before the vaccine there were thought to be 3-4 million measles cases and 500 deaths each year (this would mean a death rate of 1 in 6,000-8,000).https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/meas.html But of the recent cases (1994-2014, excluding 2005) 1 in 247 died. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/appendices/e/reported-cases.pdf

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2019/03/23
01:02 UTC

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I have heard that Allopathic Medicine cannot cure Psychatric disorders only Homeopathy can

Is this true Please put light on this

10 Comments
2018/10/04
07:22 UTC

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What are your views on Homeopathy

do you feel it is effective in treatment

11 Comments
2018/10/03
05:29 UTC

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Does the evidence suggests that either 'sober spaces' on campuses, or the 'Clubhouse Model of Psychosocial Rehabilitation' is evidence-based?

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2016/02/09
10:33 UTC

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Michael Specter: The danger of science denial | TED Talk Video

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2015/01/08
20:46 UTC

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