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SOB joins SBM - Shines a Light on Home Birth et al.32 comments

Ticktock wrote 3 weeks ago: Dr. Amy Tuteur is to Rikki Lake as PZ Myers is to Ray Comfort. She’s a pit bull that feeds on … more →

Tags: skeptic stuff, C-section, Home Birth, skeptical ob

On Medicine - 14 comments

desifeminists wrote 1 month ago: Let’s start with the definition of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. I think many doctor … more →

Tags: Desi, Feminism, Global, Science, Evidence based Medicine, Alternative Medicine, Cam, Complementary medicine, bias and medicine

Boycott the Huffington Post: They've Tumbled Down the Rabbit Hole of Anti-Science

mattusmaximus wrote 1 month ago: Many months back, I made a post concerning the anti-scientific quackery being dished out over at the … more →

Tags: medical woo, Vaccines, Medicine, natural cures, anti-vaxxers, Anti-Vaccination, anti-vax, health, anti-science

Two Texas Nurses Arrested Over Shady Physician Practice Report

Tye wrote 2 months ago: This weekend I was reading about how two nurses from Kermit, Texas were indicted with a third-degree … more →

Tags: Medicine, ethics, Texas, Texas Medical Board, Texas Nurses Association, Standard of Care, Prosecution, Austin American Statesman, Herbal Medecine

“Oh, come on, Superman!”: Bill Maher versus “Western medicine”2 comments

Skepdude wrote 2 months ago: Skepdude says – Excellent post. Simply excellent! READ THE FULL ENTRY AT SCIENCE BASED MEDICIN … more →

Tags: Anti-Vaccination, anti-vaccination lunacy, bill maher, Vaccinations, Vaccines

Explain THAT Science! #7: Homeopathy3 comments

geekysteven wrote 2 months ago: By Columnist Harry Trunckles My friends are always debating back and forth about whether or not/how … more →

Tags: Explain THAT Science! with Harry Trunckles, Geology, Healthcare, Skepticism, hospitals, doctors, Medicine, Alternative Medicine, naturopathic

Explain THAT Science! #7: Homeopathy3 comments

geekysteven wrote 2 months ago: By Columnist Harry Trunckles My friends are always debating back and forth about whether or not/how … more →

Tags: Explain THAT Science! with Harry Trunckles, Geology, Healthcare, Skepticism, hospitals, doctors, Medicine, Alternative Medicine, naturopathic

Should you delay your child's vaccination schedule?2 comments

Trevor Butterworth wrote 3 months ago: Dr. John Snyder, Chief of the Section of General Pediatrics and Medical Director of Pediatric Ambula … more →

Tags: MMR, Vaccination, Dr. Robert Sears, Dr. John Synder, The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for your Ch, Measles epidemic 1990, Risk of measles, Fatality rate of measles, Complications of measles

Quack Clinics

Skepdude wrote 3 months ago: READ THE FULL ENTRY AT SCIENCE BASED MEDICINE Reuters recently reported on the raid of a stem-cell c … more →

Tags: Embryonic Stem Cell, Quack, quack clinics, Quackery, quacks, stem cell clinics, Stem Cell Research, stem cell therapy, stem cell treatments

Beware the spinal trap

Cassas wrote 4 months ago: Previously I posted about the British Chiropractic Association who are suing Simon Singh for libel f … more →

Tags: sense about science, British Chiropractic Association, libel laws, Simon Singh

Health Care Reform Hijacked: Senators Seek Coverage for Alternative "Medicine"4 comments

mattusmaximus wrote 4 months ago: Sometimes I just want to bash my head into a wall… remember how recently the results of a mass … more →

Tags: medical woo, Politics, Alt-Med, Alternative Medicine, Complementary medicine, Congress, doctors, health, health-care reform

Spot the Mistake, brief answers

whitecoattales wrote 5 months ago: Ok guys, I was hoping to have fully researched answers tonight. Sadly our library was closed and I c … more →

Tags: Medicine, Medical School, chiro, Science, Chiropractic

$2.5 billion wasted on alternative health remedies2 comments

windyharbor wrote 5 months ago: From MSNBC.com: BETHESDA, Md. – Ten years ago the government set out to test herbal and other … more →

Tags: Quackery, Acupuncture, Alternative Medicine, Government Spending

$2.5 Billion Spent, No Alternative Cures Found1 comment

mattusmaximus wrote 5 months ago: Well, since I’ve been bagging on the alt-med nonsense lately, I simply couldn’t pass up … more →

Tags: medical woo, Politics, Government, Homeopathy, Medicine, natural cures, Big Pharma, health, Public Health

Alternative "Medicine" Quackery Goes Mainstream4 comments

mattusmaximus wrote 5 months ago: Since I’m on a kick about alt-med lately, let me just throw one more thing into the mix… … more →

Tags: medical woo, Government, Homeopathy, Medicine, natural cures, Big Pharma, health, Public Health, Scam

A Pain in the Neck5 comments

jackpot12 wrote 6 months ago: One of the things that struck me when I was a Chiropractor was how many people would come up to me d … more →

Tags: Opinion, Pseudosciences, Chiropractic, chiropracty, Chiropracty & Pseudoscience, Chiropracty Criticism, Harriet Hall

All Epistemologies Are Not Created Equal3 comments

Jim wrote 6 months ago: Recently, a couple in Australia allowed their nine-month old daughter to die by shunning standard, s … more →

Tags: Morality, pseudoscience, Current Events, Science, Justification, scientific explanation, Religion, Epistemology, Stanley Fish

AA is Faith-Based, Not Evidence-Based2 comments

Skepdude wrote 6 months ago: READ THE FULL ENTRY AT “SCIENCE BASED MEDICINE” Alcoholics Anonymous is the most widely … more →

Tags: aa, Alcohol, Alcoholics Anonymous

Acupuncture Does Not Work for Back Pain3 comments

Skepdude wrote 6 months ago: Here goes Steven Novella’s take on the latest acupuncture study. A new study which randomized … more →


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