Denialism

Month: November 2008

  • Skeptics’ Circle #One Hundred!!100!!!

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    The big anniversary edition is up at Orac’s place! Don’t miss it!!!11!!

  • Se Habla “woo-woo”

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    So, America is changing. We have an African American president. The Latino population continues to grow. How can the alternative medicine community adjust to this demographic shift? What are they to do? I’m glad you asked! It turns out that immigrants are palomas ripe for the plucking. Now, we’ve talked about the ethics of alternative…

  • And now for something completely different

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    I’m trying a new thing. I think it would be nice to have a place where medical professionals, and those who wish to see how those professionals are thinking, can have frank discussions about medicine, altmed, etc. In support of this, I’ve created a new forum. The idea is to enhance discussions about medicine, medical…

  • Welcome to Realbusiness 101.

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    Earlier today, we learned that when faced with a regulatory deadline to test your products for lead, a good course of action is to lobby to delay or reverse the requirement. This afternoon, we learn the best course of action when your highly-profitable drug is about to lose patent protection. We’re all familiar with the…

  • Dumb and Dumber: Toys From China & Lobbyists from NAM

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    So you operate a toy company and along the way, you probably offshored your production to China to save money. And now that Americans have awakened to the obvious problems with your business plan, you want to still sell your toys to the public without testing them for lead. Your options: 1) sell your inventory…

  • Atheists Advertise!

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    I never thought I’d see this. But here it is in all its glory. When I used to live in Georgia and drive past huge billboards that read “I heard that! — God,” or “You’re Welcome –God,” I imagined the day when atheist billboards would appear. I always wanted to buy a billboard that simply…

  • Has Obama Taken Away Our Guns Yet?

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    On Nov. 16th at 9:50 Pacific, the answer remains no, but this site will help us keep track of this important issue after Jan. 20.

  • Carnivalia

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    Just a quick rundown. Praxis #4, a surprisingly interesting carnival about academic life, is up at Martin’s place. Grand Rounds is up at Distractible Mind Tangled Bank is up at Ames’s place. And Skeptics’ Circle No. 100 is coming soon to Orac’s place! Stay tuned!

  • What the family values folks don’t get about family

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    On the weekends, my four-year old daughter comes to work with me. There isn’t much for her to do. She certainly isn’t allowed in patient rooms. She doesn’t help me make medical decisions. But we spend twenty minutes each way in the car laughing. We walk around the hospital, everyone greeting her, everyone her friend.…

  • Abdominal adiposity and risk of death, or “belly fat’ll kill ya’”

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    Last week’s New England Journal of Medicine gave us some remarkable news, via the JUPITER Trial, adding additional evidence to the pile of articles on the cardioprotective effects of statins. This article is getting lots of press, which is great, but I’d hate to see this week’s edition of the Journal get lost. Specifically, there’s…