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Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

Damn those microfascists demanding evidence-based medicine!

Damn you PZ! (Heh, I haven’t gotten to say that since he shamed my profession by showing us an example of a certifiably loony young earth creationist physician running for Lt. Governor of South Carolina.) This time around, I’m annoyed at PZ for pointing me in the direction of an article so absurd, so ridiculous, […]

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Friday Woo Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

Your Friday Dose of Woo: There’s no woo like stem cell woo

It’s time for a change of pace on Your Friday Dose of Woo. I’m getting the feeling that you my readers may have gotten tired of the theme I’ve been doing the last three weeks. I can relate somewhat but I think it served a purpose (other than giving me free rein to indulge in […]

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Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

Katie Wernecke: I have a bad feeling about this

As you probably remember, the case that first got me discussing the issue of children and minors opting for “alternative therapy” rather than conventional medicine was not Starchild Abraham Cherrix (Abraham’s personal website). Rather, this is a topic that I first approached nine months ago, even before I moved over to ScienceBlogs. With the prominence […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Friday Woo Medicine Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

Your Friday Dose of Woo: Gonna wash those (heavy metal) toxins right out of your blood!

After the last couple of weeks of Your Friday Dose of Woo, I was in a bind. You see, people were telling me that they really enjoyed the last couple of weeks, particularly last week. For some reason, they were amused by my discussion of various liver cleansing regimens, hot on the heals of having […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Intelligent design/creationism Medicine Paranormal Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

The Skeptics Circle turns 40 (sort of)

Today, the Skeptics’ Circle turns 40. Well, not exactly, but it is the 40th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle, and this time around it’s being held at Daylight Atheism. Once again, it’s time for an antidote for the rampant credulity in the blogosphere, where dubious stories travel around the world far faster than skeptics can […]