Debunking the Myth of ‘Super Bowl Sex Trafficking’: Media hype or evidenced-based coverage

Debunking the first myth about debunking

Debunking the first myth about debunking

Debunking the myth of the periosteum.

The foundations of Orthopaedics are a great deal better supported with evidence today than previously. Nonetheless, superstitions and myths have not completely disappeared. One of them is the role of the periosteum in fracture healing. The anatomy and physiology of the periosteum under normal circumstances have been studied for many a decades, and its role in the growth and development of tubul...

Autism and childhood vaccinations: debunking the myth.

www.aafp.org/afp Volume 82, Number 6 ◆ September 15, 2010 For more information on EBM terms, see the EBM Toolkit at http://www. aafp.org/afp/ebmtoolkit. Are childhood vaccinations associated with subsequent development of autism? Bob: In 1998, a British gastroenterologist, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, published a report in the Lancet on eight children who developed symptoms of autism within one month ...

Super Bowl Ads

We explore the effects of television advertising in the setting of the NFL’s Super Bowl telecast. The Super Bowl is the largest advertising event of the year and is well suited for measurement. The event has the potential to create significant increases in “brand capital” because ratings average over 40 percent of households and ads are a focal point of the broadcast. Furthermore, variation in ...