Blogs about: Medical Quackery

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With a price tag like that, you know it's what's best3 comments

andrea wrote 6 months ago: Would you pay more for name-brand headache medicine than the generic or store brand?  If your budget … more →

Tags: Autism/Asperger's, attribution errors, ADD/ADHD

The sum of good intentions9 comments

andrea wrote 9 months ago: Feel free to insert the more familiar or acceptable word of your choice.  But regardless of your wor … more →

Tags: Anti-Quackery, Critical Thinking, developmental disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Politics, Science

Challenging Boots2 comments

Sean Kehoe wrote 11 months ago: Majikthyse has challenged Boots to reconcile their lofty claims of corporate and social responsibili … more →

Death of the Ideal Scientologist, Konrad Aigner1 comment

RB wrote 1 year ago: Alongside a well-placed ad from the Cult of Scientology encouraging viewers to “Get the facts … more →

Tags: Other, health, Alternative Medicine, Scientology™, Quackery, Medicine, Germany, cult, Healthcare

There's One (Air)Borne Every Minute2 comments

RationalEyes wrote 1 year ago: Much to the dismay of the millions of faithful Airborne users, and to the absolute glee of those of … more →

Tags: health, Medicine, Quackery, Rationalism, Reason, Science, Skepticism, airborne, Alternative Medicine

As The World Turns (Into Irrational Fearmongers)3 comments

RationalEyes wrote 1 year ago: ABC Drama Takes on Science and Parents   Richard Cartwright/ABC Jonny Lee Miller, left, as Eli Stone … more →

Tags: health, media, Medicine, pseudoscience, Quackery, Rationalism, Reason, Science, abc

The 3-pound Exemption (disembodied woo)7 comments

andrea wrote 1 year ago: You gotta feel sorry for Topeka, Kansas. The state’s capital city is not only home to the inf … more →

Tags: ADD/ADHD, Advocacy, Anti-Quackery, Cognitive biases, Hate Groups

My Own Dream2 comments

andrea wrote 1 year ago: Here in the States, today is Martin Luther King Jr Day, a “bank holiday” honoring the ci … more →

Tags: Teaching/Tutoring, Advocacy, College/University, Science, pseudoscience, Diversity

"Superstition ain't the way"4 comments

andrea wrote 1 year ago: Very superstitious, writing’s on the wall. Very superstitious, ladder’s ’bout to f … more →

Tags: Abuse, Autism/Asperger's, injustice, Physical impairments, rants, Vaccines

Epidemiology Bass-Ackwards4 comments

andrea wrote 1 year ago: Again. A short news item caught my attention today. Unfortunately, it looks like a fabulous example … more →

Tags: Advocacy, Anti-Quackery, Autism/Asperger's, developmental disabilities, Epidemiology, Special Education, Vaccines

Oh no, here we go again ...11 comments

andrea wrote 1 year ago: A recent report claims that autistic children improve when they have a fever: Fevers could actually … more →

Tags: Autism/Asperger's

The fatal power of alternative medicine10 comments

Sean Kehoe wrote 2 years ago: ‘Alternative’ medicine has too often been afforded a status it does not deserve. Conside … more →

Tags: Religion

Radiation shields for your face6 comments

Sean Kehoe wrote 2 years ago: I am worried because my skin is constantly exposed to electromagnetic waves. I don’t want to l … more →

Centenary Retrospective3 comments

andrea wrote 2 years ago: “This process of the good life is not, I am convinced, a life for the faint-hearted. It involves the … more →

Tags: Teaching/Tutoring, Autism/Asperger's, Learning Disabilities, eye contact, Auditory Processing Disorder, inertia, paradigms, Advocacy, injustice

Boots on the radio

Sean Kehoe wrote 2 years ago: There’s an interesting BBC Radio show discussing the Snoring remedies being peddled by Boots. … more →

Whining From Another Hysterical Female7 comments

andrea wrote 2 years ago: Don’t get me wrong — I’ve actually had good results with most of the professionals … more →

Tags: Auditory Processing Disorder, attribution errors, migraine, ADD/ADHD, Tourette's / tics, Tinnitus, Cognitive biases, DSM, Counseling

Boots abuse your trust3 comments

Sean Kehoe wrote 2 years ago: I wrote an earlier article discussing Boots and their whoring of useless homeopathic treatments. I s … more →

Healing your pets over the telephone

Sean Kehoe wrote 2 years ago: This is a little beauty. Holistic vet Echoing similar claims made by medical quacks, it seems that t … more →

Boots paying me a visit?

Sean Kehoe wrote 2 years ago: This is an odd thing. I noticed a strange referrer in the stats for this site so investigated. A vis … more →

Tags: General Chat


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