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Steven Novella: Pseudoscience in health

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Science is the only way to determine which treatments and products are truly safe and effective.

However, every day we find incredibly credulous and uncritical content on the internet about pseudo-alternative treatments.

How can we safely identify science-based medicine? To answer this question is American neurologist Steven Novella.

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Svante Pääbo a discursar num evento da Fundação. Ao fundo, o logotipo da Fundação.
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Every year, we dedicate a month to science and education. We hold interviews and debates with leading international and national figures, who bring the latest scientific research and learning news to the public. Everything is covered, from the universe to biology, from the brain to food and from reading to memory.

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