PATHWAYS: A Trial Built on Missing Data, Pseudoscience, and Quiet Cruelty
November 2025, and the NHS has finally launched the PATHWAYS trial. Two hundred and twenty-six children, most only just into puberty, will be randomised: half […]
Sex and Gender
Science or Snake Oil: Will the NHS Puberty Blocker Trial Harm More Than It Helps?
In spring 2025, NHS England may launch its much-anticipated “Pathways” trial into puberty blockers, a £10.7 million endeavour led by King’s College London and backed […]
What would an ethical clinical trial into puberty blockers look like?
In light of the Cass Review, the new use of puberty blockers for children is now pretty much restricted to those enrolled in clinical trials […]
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 2
Continued from Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1 The Myths (Part 1) … Myth 1: 98% of […]
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1
It has now been just little under a week since the publication of the long anticipated NHS independent review of gender identity services for children […]
Brighton Sceptics and the Reece’s Pieces
from the twitter thread. Let me tell you about “Reece’s Pieces”. So, Brighton Skeptics were to hold a talk in January between Hannah Barnes and […]
The Muddling of the American Mind – Part II
Apologies for the delay on publshing Part II. The weight of muddle proved too much for me at times! But I thought I must publish […]
The Muddling of the American Mind: Part I
In a recent blog post on the web site Science Based Medicine, Steven Novella asks the question “What does the science actually say about biological […]
On the Sex Deracination Gambit
Prospect Magazine is an “intellectuals’” magazine in the UK covering arts, society, science and politics. Their Summer issue contains an essay by journalist Angela Saini […]
The Decline and Fall of Science-based Medicine
The philosophy of science-based medicine (SBM) is a response to perceived shortcomings in the practice of evidence-based medicine. EBM is the movement that strives to […]