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Evolution Humor Intelligent design/creationism Religion Science Skepticism/critical thinking

Peanut butter disproves evolution!

Really, this guy is making that very argument with a straight face! My brain hurts after seeing such unbelievable stupidity presented as a viable argument by Chuck Missler, the minister who founded the Koinonia House. This makes Dr. Egnor‘s blather seem intelligent by comparison. It’s even more idiotic than the now-infamous video that claimed that […]

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Cancer Medicine Surgery

Immediate reconstruction after breast cancer: A most disturbing study

I realize that being in academic medicine at a tertiary care center often produces the “ivory tower” syndrome, but occasionally it is brought home to me that the way we practice surgery here often differs considerably from how surgery is practiced “in the trenches.” This time around, it was a study about how often surgeons […]

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Pediatric Grand Rounds

The latest Pediatric Grand Rounds has been posted at Musings of a Distractible Mind, delivered in Tom and Jerry style. Gee, obviously, Dr. Rob isn’t aware that Tom and Jerry are a nefarious Jewish plot to corrupt Muslim youth. After all, an Iranian “expert” tells us this is so.

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Anti-Semitism History Holocaust Holocaust denial World War II

Well, that certainly didn’t take long

Ever since arch Holocaust denier David Irving was released from prison in Austria after being convicted of denying the Holocaust, I’ve been wondering how long it would take for him to reveal his true stripes and be up to his old tricks again. The answer, not surprisingly, was: Not long. Witness this story: ROME — […]

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Bioethics Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Politics Quackery

Abraham’s law: Bad medicine has made bad law

There hasn’t been much news in the last two or three months about Abraham Cherrix, the 16-year-old with Hodgkin’s lymphoma who rejected conventional chemotherapy, first in favor of the quackery known as Hoxsey therapy and then for the ministrations of a radiation oncologist in Mississippi named Dr. Arnold Smith, who combines non-woo (low dose radiation […]