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Antivaccine nonsense Cancer Medicine Quackery

Scott Adams vs. a cancer quack

“Dilbert” creator Scott Adams recently revealed that he has stage 4 prostate cancer. He tried to treat it with cancer quack William Makis’ protocol and realized that quackery doesn’t work, leading Makis to attack the victim.

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Quackery

The Mercola tapes: A wealthy antivax quack scammed

Dr. Joe Mercola embraced “alternative health” in the late 1990s, including quackery and antivax, and has since become very wealthy. Lately, he’s fallen under the spell of a psychic grifter and declared himself to be the “new Jesus.” What will happen to his business empire?

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Antivaccine nonsense History Medicine Quackery

MAHA: The new Lysenkoism

Trofim Lysenko was a Soviet scientist whose dogmatic science denialism led to mass famine when his ideas were applied to agriculture. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a lot like Lysenko in his science denial. Will his results be as disastrous?

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Medicine Politics Popular culture Quackery

I saw RFK Jr.’s press conference on autism and…

…yikes! I haven’t had a chance to watch all of RFK Jr.’s press conference, but what I’ve seen…yikes. I’m gonna need a bigger blog. While I’m working on it, though, feel free to vent!

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Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment can kill

On Friday, a hyperbaric oxygen chamber exploded, killing a five-year-old child being treated at an “integrative” clinic. Quackery kills.