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She is author of <em>Women Aren鈥檛 Supposed to Fly: Memoirs of a Female Flight Surgeon</em> and coauthor of the 2012 textbook <em>Consumer Health: A Guide to Intelligent Decisions</em>.</p></p> <div class="article-single"> <h4 class="authorpage"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/pesticides_just_how_bad_are_they">Pesticides: Just How Bad Are They?</a></h4> <h5><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_39.3">Skeptical Inquirer Volume 39.3, May/June 2015</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/medical_misinformation">Medical Misinformation</a></h5> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/pesticides_just_how_bad_are_they"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905082210im_/http://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/hall-pesticides-fb_thumb.jpg" alt="Pesticides: Just How Bad Are They?"/></a> </div> <p>Scientific balance and objective assessments of evidence are necessary to avoid biased and misleading answers to concerns about pesticides.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available in the Print Edition. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905082210/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/">Subscribe Here.</a></p></div><h4 class="authorpage">Psychology and Psychotherapy: How Much Is Evidence-Based?</h4> <h5><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_39.4">Skeptical Inquirer Volume 39.4, July/August 2015</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/book_review">Review</a></h5> <div class="clear"></div> <p><em>Psychology Gone Wrong: The Dark Side of Science and Therapy</em> by Tomasz Witkowski and Maciej Zatonski</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4 class="authorpage"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/physician_wallace_sampson_expert_on_false_medical_claims_dies_at_eighty-fiv">Physician Wallace Sampson, Expert on False Medical Claims, Dies at Eighty-Five</a></h4> <h5 class="date">June 1, 2015</h5><div class="clear"></div> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/physician_wallace_sampson_expert_on_false_medical_claims_dies_at_eighty-fiv"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905082210im_/http://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/hall-sampson-fb_thumb.jpg" alt="Physician Wallace Sampson, Expert on False Medical Claims, Dies at Eighty-Five"/></a> </div> <p>The skeptical community has lost a shining star. On May 25, 2015, Wallace Sampson, MD, died in California at the age of eighty-five from complications of heart surgery; he had been in the hospital since February.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available in the Print Edition. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905082210/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/">Subscribe Here.</a></p></div><h4 class="authorpage">A Scientific Response to Chemophobia</h4> <h5><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_39.3">Skeptical Inquirer Volume 39.3, May/June 2015</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/book_review">Review</a></h5> <div class="clear"></div> <p><em>100 Chemical Myths: Misconceptions, Misunderstandings, Explanations</em> by Lajos Kova虂cs, Dezsa虄 Csupor, Ga虂bor Lente, and Tama虂s Gunda</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4 class="authorpage"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/defending_science-based_medicine_44_doctor-bashing_arguments_and_rebuttals">Defending Science-Based Medicine: 44 Doctor-Bashing Arguments ...and Their Rebuttals</a></h4> <h5><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_38.6">Skeptical Inquirer Volume 38.6, November/December 2014</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/feature">Feature</a></h5> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/defending_science-based_medicine_44_doctor-bashing_arguments_and_rebuttals"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905082210im_/http://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/hall-doctor-bashing-fb_thumb.png" alt="Defending Science-Based Medicine: 44 Doctor-Bashing Arguments ...and Their Rebuttals"/></a> </div> <p>Supporters of alternative medicine and purveyors of quack remedies love to criticize conventional medicine and science. They keep repeating the same tired arguments that are easily rebutted. This handy guide will help skeptics answer common criticisms from doctor-bashers.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4 class="authorpage"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/an_introduction_to_homeopathy">An Introduction to Homeopathy</a></h4> <h5><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_38.5">Skeptical Inquirer Volume 38.5, September/October 2014</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/feature">Feature</a></h5> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/an_introduction_to_homeopathy"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905082210im_/http://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/hall-intro-homeopathy-resized-fb_thumb.jpg" alt="An Introduction to Homeopathy"/></a> </div> <p>A brief guide to a popular alternative system of remedies based on a nineteenth-century concept that has no scientific validity.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4 class="authorpage"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/faith_healing_religious_freedom_vs._child_protection">Faith Healing: Religious Freedom vs. Child Protection</a></h4> <h5><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_38.4">Skeptical Inquirer Volume 38.4, July/August 2014</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/science_and_religion">Science and Religion</a></h5> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/faith_healing_religious_freedom_vs._child_protection"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905082210im_/http://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/hall-faith-healing-fb_thumb.jpg" alt="Faith Healing: Religious Freedom vs. Child Protection"/></a> </div> <p>The medical ethics principle of autonomy justifies letting competent adults reject lifesaving medical care for themselves because of their religious beliefs, but it does not extend to rejecting medical care for children.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4 class="authorpage"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/an_intro_to_homeopathy">An Intro to Homeopathy</a></h4> <h5 class="date">April 30, 2014</h5><div class="clear"></div> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/an_intro_to_homeopathy"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905082210im_/http://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/hall-intro-homeopathy-fb_thumb.jpg" alt="An Intro to Homeopathy"/></a> </div> <p>Homeopathy is an alternative system of medicine that was invented by a German doctor at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Scientific knowledge about chemistry, physics, and biology tells us it <em>should not work</em>; careful testing has shown that it <em>does not work</em>.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available in the Print Edition. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905082210/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/">Subscribe Here.</a></p></div><h4 class="authorpage">Philosophy Meets Medicine</h4> <h5><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_38.1">Skeptical Inquirer Volume 38.1, January/February 2014</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/book_review">Review</a></h5> <div class="clear"></div> <p>A review of <em>Medical Philosophy: Conceptual Issues in Medicine</em> by Mario Bunge</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4 class="authorpage"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/down_the_garden_path_faulty_thinking_and_self-delusion">Down the Garden Path: Faulty Thinking and Self-Delusion</a></h4> <h5><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_37.4">Skeptical Inquirer Volume 37.4, July/August 2013</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/feature">Feature</a></h5> <div class="clear"></div> <p>A Navy neurologist鈥檚 credulous venture into acupuncture advocacy serves as a useful case study. Here are twelve mistakes he made rambling down the garden path of self-delusion.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4 class="authorpage"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/do_you_believe_in_magic">Do You Believe in Magic?</a></h4> <h5><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_37.4">Skeptical Inquirer Volume 37.4, July/August 2013</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/book_review">Review</a></h5> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/do_you_believe_in_magic"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905082210im_/http://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/hall-offit_thumb.jpg" alt="Do You Believe in Magic?"/></a> </div> <p>A review of <em>Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine</em> by Paul Offit, MD.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4 class="authorpage"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/thinking_an_unnatural_act">Thinking: An Unnatural Act</a></h4> <h5><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/volume_36.3">Skeptical Inquirer Volume 36.3, May/June 2012</a></h5><br/> <h5 class="type"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/archive/category/book_review">Review</a></h5> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/thinking_an_unnatural_act"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905082210im_/http://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/hall-thinking-unnatrural_thumb.jpg" alt="Thinking: An Unnatural Act"/></a> </div> <p>A review of <em>Unnatural Acts: Critical Thinking, Skepticism, and Science Exposed!</em> by Robert Todd Carroll.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4 class="authorpage"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/tooth_fairy_science_part_2">Tooth Fairy Science and Other Pitfalls: Applying Rigorous Science to Messy Medicine, Part 2</a></h4> <h5 class="date">August 24, 2012</h5><div class="clear"></div> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/tooth_fairy_science_part_2"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905082210im_/http://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/hall-09toolbox-076_thumb.png" alt="Tooth Fairy Science and Other Pitfalls: Applying Rigorous Science to Messy Medicine, Part 2"/></a> </div> <p>Part 2 of Harriet Hall, MD’s presentation from the 2009 <strong>Skeptic’s Toolbox</strong> conference.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single"> <h4 class="authorpage"><a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/tooth_fairy_science_part_1">Tooth Fairy Science and Other Pitfalls: Applying Rigorous Science to Messy Medicine, Part 1</a></h4> <h5 class="date">August 24, 2012</h5><div class="clear"></div> <div class="thumbnail thumbleft"> <a href="/web/20150905082210/http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/tooth_fairy_science_part_1"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905082210im_/http://www.csicop.org/uploads/images/si/hall-09toolbox-000_thumb.png" alt="Tooth Fairy Science and Other Pitfalls: Applying Rigorous Science to Messy Medicine, Part 1"/></a> </div> <p>Part 1 of Harriet Hall, MD’s presentation from the 2009 <strong>Skeptic’s Toolbox</strong> conference.</p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article-single unavailable"> <div class="printonly"><p>Available in the Print Edition. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905082210/http://csi-store.myshopify.com/">Subscribe Here.</a></p></div><h4 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