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Cupping: There is no end to the quackery people will believe

8/7/2016

Team USA go crazy for cupping!

There is no healing, there are no meridians, or energy flow, just quackery.

Rio seems to be drawing out the quackery:

Rio, Brazil has Naturopaths, Homeopaths, acupuncturists, and the like too!

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Rio, Brazil has Naturopaths, Homeopaths, acupuncturists, and the like too!

8/5/2016

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Herbalists and witch doctors in Rio offer homemade remedies for Zika

What's the difference between Homeopaths, and Witch Doctors, quacks all?

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Stephen Barrett, M.D. opens a can of whoop ass on medical fraud.

Sadly, if responsible medicine, and responsible scientist do not begin to get a handle on all of the quack research done in the name of responsible science, these "alternative," er, fraudulent operators will have a good argument that responsible medicine is not any better.

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Is Routine Medical Screening Ever Appropriate?

8/2/2016

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Special Report: Should You Keep Doing Pelvic Exams? How to Decide

The USPSTF has found there is Insufficient Evidence for Pelvic Exam Screening.

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Medical studies muddying the waters are good for physicians who perform the underlying procedure . . .

7/30/2016

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Brouhaha About Metastatic Prostate Cancer in US

Medicine, and science more generally needs to come to grips with the fact that studies like these do nothing but damage the reputation of medical researchers, and scientist. This report was not calibrated to allow the clearing of the muddy water, it was either intentionally or negligently designed to muddy them.

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Apparently, Advanced Nurses are not killing enough patients?!

7/23/2016

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Special Report: Do Advanced Nurses Need Physician Oversight?

Look, docs are the third largest killer of humans. These piker AN's are not keeping up the death toll, so let's create physician oversight!

PHYSICIANS ANGRY THAT THEY ARE THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE US DEMAND ARTICLE RETRACTION

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Medicine lengthens the dreadful part of Alzheimer's

7/23/2016

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DBS May Slow Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Disease

You know, the niggling "knowing" bit between being diagnosed, and being so riddles one has no present memories. I thought this was the bad part of the disease.

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