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No more antineoplastons? Will the FDA finally slap down Stanislaw Burzynski for good?

Earlier this week, there was a very bad, very credulous story was broadcast. Now, I realize that this is not an uncommon occurrence. Indeed, I’m sure that this sort of thing happens pretty much every day somewhere in the country and even on national media, but on this particular occasion the story was about a […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

An antivaccine Frankenstein strikes back against the monster he created

On the one hand, I’m seriously tempted to get out the popcorn, sit back, and enjoy the show that is the internecine conflict going on in the antivaccine movement right now. On the other hand, as bizarre as it sounds, I actually do feel a bit sorry for the main combatant, Jake Crosby. He’s the […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Popular culture Quackery

Gary Null and Sayer Ji love me! They really love me!

Gary Null loves me! He really loves me! Well, maybe not Gary Null, but Sayer Ji. You remember Sayer Ji, don’t you? He’s the guy who runs GreenMedInfo.com who showed up on my skeptical radar when he claimed that vaccines are “transhumanism” that subverts evolution. (Seriously, you can’t make stuff like this up.) On another […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Politics Quackery

Will naturopathic quackery be licensed in Michigan?

If I’ve pointed it out once, I’ve pointed it out a thousand times. Naturopathy is a cornucopia of almost every quackery you can think of. Be it homeopathy, traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, applied kinesiology, anthroposophical medicine, reflexology, craniosacral therapy, Bowen Technique, and pretty much any other form of unscientific or prescientific medicine that you […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine

The Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation finally does the right thing and dumps Jenny McCarthy

It’s good to see that the organizers of the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation finally realized its mistake: Actress Jenny McCarthy has been dumped again. McCarthy won’t be in Ottawa for Bust A Move. The Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation reacted today to a public backlash in signing the anti-vaccine campaigner to the Ottawa breast health fundraiser. […]