A book that criticizes alternative medicine to treat conditions that have names but no criteria is controversial - because it runs up against a supplement and alternative medicine enabled by governments that believe science can't be trusted
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Physician attitudes towards mental illness can reflect the general public's prejudice. Dariush M/ ShutterstockBy Adam Brenner, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Credit: EUBy David Glance, University of Western AustraliaThe Parliament of the European Union last week voted to call on member states and the European Commission to investigate the operation of search engines in Europe to ensure “a balanced, fair and open Internet search structure”.
Not as simple as black and white. Fred Bchx, CC BY-NC-SABy Ian Rickard, Durham University
Igor Stepovik ShutterstockBy Roxanne Connelly, University of Edinburgh
Our culture tells women there's something wrong with them if they don't orgasm. Gustavo Gomes/Flickr, CC BY-NCBy Sally Hunter, University of New England
Shifting descriptions of schizophrenia. ShutterstockBy Huw Green, City University of New YorkIn an attempt to move away from the traditional language used to describe psychosis and schizophrenia, the British Psychological Society (BPS) has launched an update to its thinking on this issue.The foreword of the report it has published sets out the vision:
There is such a thing as 'too precise' when it comes to numbers. So what's appropriate? Erik Olsson, CC BY-NC-SABy Jonathan Borwein (Jon), University of Newcastle and David H. Bailey, University of California, Davis
This has as much in common with actual paleolithic culture as the paleolithic diet does. Flickr/George , CC BY-NC-SABy Darren Curnoe
Kelly Abbott/Flickr, CC BY-NCBy Tim Trudgian, Australian National UniversityConsider a standard pizza box containing a standard circular pizza. How much more would you be willing to pay for a square pizza that filled the box?
