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Politics Religion

Glory, glory, hallelujah!

Even though I only rarely blog about politics, I’m with Ed Brayton, P. Z. Myers, and Amygdala on this one. Truly a wonderful thing has happened to the Presidential race. Alan Keyes has entered the race for the 2008 Republican nomination for President. No one can bring the crazy and stupid to a Presidential race […]

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Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

I’m away from regular blogging for a couple of weeks, and what do I find?

I’m away from regular blogging for a couple of weeks, and what do I find when I finally get back into the swing of things? Dangerous cancer quackery published on Mike Adams’ Newstarget site, that’s what. I know, I know. I shouldn’t be surprised, and I’m not. It’s all par for the course for Newstarget, […]

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Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Science Surgery

How “evidence-based” is evidence-based medicine?

Sadly (with regards to vacation) and not-so-sadly (with regards to the events of last week), it’s time to dive headlong back into the “real world” at work, starting with clinic today. It also means it’s time to get back to my favorite hobby (blogging) in a much more regular way, although I will say that […]

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

Your Friday Dose of Woo: Link me up, Q-man!

I debated about whether to do Your Friday Dose of Woo this week. I really wasn’t sure if I was up to it. As regular readers know, I was on vacation in London during the last week in August. Unfortunately, I returned to the news of a death in the family on my wife’s side, […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

Ineffective alternative medicine is not always harmless

Due to a death in the family, I have to go back into the vaults of the old blog for some more reposts. Regular blogging should resume in a day or two. This particular post first appeared on February 1, 2006. Here’s something I wish there was more of, the criminal prosecution of quacks when […]