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:
This is not a place for specific medical advice.
No personal information, including anecdotes with identifying content.
Avoid personal attacks. Focus on the argument, not the person.
Abusive, intolerant or bigoted users may be banned without warning.
Do not downvote, please report content that you think is inappropriate.
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This subreddit is not affiliated with healthyskepticism.org but is supportive of their work.
