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Complementary and alternative medicine Humor Medicine Politics Pseudoscience

Just what John McCain and Barack Obama need: Better “chi” through feng shui

By this stage of the game, I’m guessing that you’re probably as tired of the 2008 Presidential race as I am. Too bad there are still nearly three months of this nonsense to go, and, although John McCain has gone deep into the stupid with ads featuring comparisons of his opponent with Paris Hilton, even […]

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Announcements Blog housekeeping

The Borg command me to survey you

I am commanded by my Benevolent Overlords, and I answer. Seed Media Group, (the aforementioned Benevolent Overlords) are taking a reader survey. To encourage (i.e. bribe) you to participate, they’re holding a drawing among those who actually respond to the survey, with the prizes being a lot of great Apple stuff, including an iPhone 3G, […]

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Bioethics Cancer Medicine

Dichloroacetate and cancer: Health scammers never die; they just keep popping up like Whac-A-Mole

It’s been a long time, been a long time, Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time. – Led Zeppelin Not nearly long enough. – Orac Some rats never die, it would appear. You may recall last year, when I spend a considerable amount of verbiage writing about a promising cancer drug called dichloroacetate […]

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Evolution Personal Science

Images from New York, part 3: A fellow ScienceBlogger corrupting an innocent creature

Look what Bora‘s doing with poor Professor Steve Steve: And what’s poor Charles Darwin got to do with it? No wonder Jason‘s looking on in bemusement–or perhaps puzzlement.

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine

Images from New York, part 2: The United Nations of Woo

Seen and photographed on E. 44th St., about a block or two from the United Nations building: