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Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

Starchild Abraham Cherrix turns 18

Somehow, with all the blogging about vaccines last week, I totally missed a major update to a story that’s been of great interest to me since I first became aware of it. It turns out that Starchild Abraham Cherrix, the teen who two years ago rejected conventional therapy for his lymphoma and sought out the […]

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Bioethics Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery Surgery

Confidence, humility, and practicing science-based surgery

After having subjected my readers to all those posts about the antivaccination lunacy that was on display in Washington, D.C. last week, I think it’s time for a break from this topic, at least for a while if not longer. In the run-up to the “Green Our Vaccines” rally events on the antivaccinationism front were […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

An underwhelming performance in London

Remember how I warned citizens of the U.K. about an impending visit to their fair island by American apologist for antivaccinationist nonsense and his invitation to give a briefing at Parliament? Apparently, the whole thing was very–shall we say?–underwhelming. The lameness of his excuses, they limp:

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

Your Friday Dose of Woo: Kissing whales healing dolphins, or: Two great woos that taste great together–again

I’m tired. I apologize in advance if I’m not as–shall we say?–energetic as usual this week. I’m sure you’ll understand. After all, I just spent the last three days subjecting myself to the most toxic and concentrated woo known to humankind. If you’re a regular reader here, you clearly know what I’m talking about, namely […]

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Announcements Skepticism/critical thinking

The 88th Meeting of the Skeptics Circle at the 11th hour!

I must admit that I was getting a bit worried. Morning came today, and there was no Skeptics’ Circle. I went to work. Every so often throughout the day I checked again. Still no Skeptics’ Circle, at least as of early afternoon. I got home from work around 8 PM, and to my relief, there […]