EoR reports that in Australia, legislation has been passed that allows people other than doctors to issue medical certificates for absences from work, including pharmacists, nurses, acupuncturists, and physiotherapists. Quite naturally, he wonders when the “the reikiists, the homeopathists and the therapeutic touch” practitioners will want the same privileges and imagines the sorts of letters […]
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Here’s an appropriate one for St. Patrick’s Day: You Are Guinness You know beer well, and you’ll only drink the best beers in the world. Watered down beers disgust you, as do the people who drink them. When you drink, you tend to become a bit of a know it all – especially about subjects […]
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The History Carnival
The latest History Carnival has been posted at History:Other. Enjoy.
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Since I’ve found myself drawn into blogging about vaccines and the antivaccination movement so much, I was interested to learn of a new project dedicated to discussing the ethical issues involved with vaccination being launched at the University of Pennsylvania: The Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine announced the beginning […]
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The 30th Meeting of the Skeptics Circle
It’s that time again! The 30th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle has been posted over at Paige’s Page, and it’s a big one, chock full of skeptical bloggy goodness, delivered in a straight-up style: Welcome to the 30th Skeptic’s Circle, the first one with a theme song! Come and listen to my story about a […]
