RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE

"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine, quackery, science, and pseudoscience (and anything else that interests him).

Category: Integrative medicine

Complementary and alternative medicine Integrative medicine Medicine Naturopathy Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

The long strange road to normalizing the “integration” of quackery with medicine

Post author By Orac
Post date November 28, 2016
56 Comments on The long strange road to normalizing the “integration” of quackery with medicine

It’s been a long time since I’ve encountered Glenn Sabin. You might remember him, though. He runs a consulting firm, FON Therapeutics, which is dedicated to the promotion of “integrative” health, or, as I like to put it, the “integration of pseudoscience and quackery with science-based medicine. What I remember most about Sabin is how […]

Tags CAM, complementary and alternative medicine, Glenn Sabin, integrative medicine, john weeks, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NCCAM, NCCIH, quackademic medicine

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Anthroposophic medicine at the University of Michigan? Say it ain’t so!

Post author By Orac
Post date March 21, 2011
20 Comments on Anthroposophic medicine at the University of Michigan? Say it ain’t so!

Anthroposophic Medicine

Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophic medicine quackery at the University of Michigan, my alma mater? Say it ain’t so!

Tags anthroposophic medicine, anthroposophy, Family Practice, integrative medicine, quackademic medicine, quackery, Rudolf Steiner, university of michigan