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Complementary and alternative medicine Entertainment/culture Humor Medicine Music Religion Skepticism/critical thinking

If you open your mind too much, your brains will fall out…

This about sums it up for me:

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Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

Stop Jenny McCarthy

There’s not much to add here, other than Jenny McCarthy needs to be stopped. Stopping her is even more important than stopping Sylvia Browne. As vile as Sylvia Browne is, at least she doesn’t endanger millions of children by self-righteously promoting antivaccinationist lies that have already started to lead to the return of formerly controlled […]

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Evolution Intelligent design/creationism Pseudoscience Science Skepticism/critical thinking

Saturday morning mailbagl: How could natural selection “do it” without some intelligence?

Orac gets e-mail. Most of it’s just brief notes with a link that someone thinks I should check out (and possibly blog about). Even though I occasionally make sarcastic remarks about being deluged with one story or other from time to time, I actually do appreciate those. Many have been the times when I didn’t […]

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

Your Friday Dose of Woo: Fifty woo-ful facts

It’s time. Well, it’s sort of time, anyway. As you know, it’s been over three months since I last indulged in my little Friday exercise known as Your Friday Dose of Woo. At the time it was because I couldn’t get myself into the appropriately light-hearted but nonetheless just vicious enough frame of mind to […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Politics

Senator Obama’s health plan more likely to recover alternative medicine?

Here’s a new one on me: Senator Obama’s support for preventative medical care is another little noted but important key point of difference with Senator McCain that emerged from the debate. Under Obama it is far more likely that insurance plans will cover alternative medicine, including acupuncture, therapy, and government approved herbs and vitamins. This […]