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Gasoline sticker shock in Chicago

I’m back from the ASCO Meeting in Chicago. As promised, I’ll try to post some photos tomorrow to give you a sense of just how monumentally huge this meeting is. I probably won’t have time to blog about the clinical science presented until Friday or next week, but we’ll see. In the meantime, let me […]

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Evolution Intelligent design/creationism Medicine Science Skepticism/critical thinking Surgery

Three swings, three misses

Regular readers of this blog may have noticed that it’s been quite a while since I’ve featured the antics of a certain character who’s become a bit of the bête noire of my fellow surgeons. I’m referring, of course, to Dr. Michael Egnor, a renowned neurosurgeon from SUNY Stony Brook who’s made 2007 a very […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

Another clean kill by chelation

Somehow this one passed under my radar four years ago. However, the there’s a reason for this. First, I wasn’t blogging then and thus wasn’t paying as close attention to alternative medicine. Also, apparently, the State of Oregon didn’t know about it until 16 months after the fact, which was still before I started blogging. […]

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Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine News of the Weird Quackery

Thar’s gold in that thar chelation!

One of the common refrains you’ll hear from alties about “conventional” medicine is that it’s a business, that it’s all about money. Never mind that, for instance, it’s not uncommon for primary care doctors like family practice and pediatricians to net well under $100,000 a year and that many physicians are struggling to maintain their […]

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Cancer Clinical trials Medicine

Look who’s at the ASCO Meeting too

It’s day three of the ASCO Meeting here in Chicago. So far, I have to say, it’s been a bit underwhelming. Unlike some years past, there don’t appear to have been any real blockbuster results to report; rather, lots of incremental studies were presented. There’s really only one study presented that I might blog, mainly […]