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I definitely need some of these to pass out to “friends”

Too bad the holidays are over. I’ve found something that would make a perfect gift for J. B. Handley, Jenny McCarthy, Mike Adams, and other “friends” of the blog. After all, clearly scientific arguments aren’t working. Hmmm. Perhaps a certain physiologist-blogger would be interested in purchasing these items to give out as well.

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Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

Abusing celebrities with cancer in order to promote quackery

I find it hard to believe that we’re already two weeks into 2009. The older I get and the longer I’ve been blogging, it seems, the faster time files. It’s gotten so bad that it’s not at all infrequent that I remember a post that I’ve written, go searching for it, and end up amazed […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Entertainment/culture Medicine Politics Popular culture Quackery Television

Bill Maher on Christine Maggiore’s book

Last week, I did multiple posts about the death of HIV/AIDS denialist Christine Maggiore of what for all the world looked like an HIV-related pneumonia, the excuses HIV/AIDS denialists made to try to persuade people that it wasn’t AIDS, and the attempted coverup of damning posts. In the past, I’ve also taken a certain comedian […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Entertainment/culture Medicine Politics Quackery Television

Rallying resistance to the antivaccine jihad

About four weeks ago, I wrote what I thought to be an amusing piece about how our blog “buddy” J. B. Handley, antivaccine advocate extraordinaire and now second fiddle in the organization he founded (Generation Rescue) to a Jenny-come-lately former purveyor of Indigo Child woo previously best known for being Playboy Playmate of the Year, […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Humor Medicine Politics Quackery

The best trial of Qi Gong ever?

In responding to Deepak Chopra’s “integrative medicine” nonsense from last week that I “https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2009/01/the_three_musketeers_of_woo_meet_dartagn.php,” Derek Lowe proposes the best trial of Qi Gong ever: “Chronic pain is one of the major sources of worker’s compensation claims costs, yet studies show that it is often susceptible to acupuncture and Qi Gong. Herbs usually have far fewer […]