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Cancer research blogging on a lazy Saturday in August

It’s Saturday, and what better way to spend it than in front of the computer? Who cares if it’s sunny and in the low 80s, temperature-wise? Why would you care about that when there’s so much great blogging about science, specifically cancer research, at the latest installment of the 12th Edition of the Cancer Research […]

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The ScienceBlogs Meetup is set

I mentioned last week that I was going to be in New York the weekend of August 9, the better to commune with my fellow Borg at the Cube (no, not that cube, although I may have to make a stop there too) in Manhattan known as Seed Media Group. As part of the festivities, […]

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Medicine Skepticism/critical thinking

Steve Novella weighs in on doctor-bashing

For those out there who think it was “beneath” me to have responded to PhysioProf’s rants about doctors and medical students last week, I present to you Steve Novella’s take on the matter. Leave it to Steve to generalize the issue beyond my relatively narrow take on the matter. I also point out that Steve […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Entertainment/culture Medicine Quackery Television

Age of Autism and Sharyl Attkisson of CBS: In bed together to bring antivaccination propaganda to the masses?

Remember how on Monday I posted a dissection of some truly execrable reporting on vaccines and potential conflicts of interest (COIs) by Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News that aired one week ago today? As you may recall, my main point was that Attkisson’s reporting was lazy, describing nothing that couldn’t be found from public sources, […]