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Cancer Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Surgery

The spontaneous regression of breast cancer?

I tell ya, I’m on the light blogging schedule for a mere four days, thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the happy invasion of family on Thursday and Friday, and a significant amount of grant writing I’ve had to deal with on Saturday and Sunday, and somehow I missed not only a study relevant to […]

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Humor

What holiday does a Sith Lord celebrate this time of year?

Why, Sithmas, of course! Just ask Palpatine if you don’t believe me: Yeah, this beats Squidmas hands down. Also, the Star Wars geek in me can’t help but mention that Emperor Palpatine is more than happy to answer many other of your questions, including “Why didn’t you kill Jar-Jar Binks?“; the sex lives of emperors; […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine

Is there an antivaccinationist on ScienceBlogs.de? Help me figure it out, my German-speaking readers!

I don’t read ScienceBlogs.de for the simple reason that I don’t understand German beyond a few words and phrases. Consequently, I don’t know what our German counterparts are up to. However, a reader sent me a link that gives me reason to be very concerned about at least one of the blogs in the German […]

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Announcements

The second hundred Meetings of the Skeptics’ Circle begin

Having finally hosted the Skeptics’ Circle myself last week after a long absence and having had a blast doing it to celebrate the 100th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle, I know it’s time for me once again to turn over the reins to the next host, who will inaugurate the beginning of what will (I […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Humor Medicine Quackery

Is Jenny McCarthy a danger to the world?

You know what my answer to this question would be. But what about puppet Steve Colbert’s answer? He disagrees. Or does he: “Now sure, she’s not the kind of expert who relies on facts and figures….She knows what she feels is true. She’s that kind of expert.” Heh. Oh, damn. PZ beat me to this. […]