Denialism

Author: MarkH

  • The stupidest internal NIH memo ever – or why I can’t wait for the new administration

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    One of the great things about science is that it is open, international, and celebrates the free exchange of ideas. However, during the last 8 years we’ve seen some odd things at the National Institutes of Health – the premier governmental scientific institution in the world. The paranoia of the current administration has filtered down…

  • What does your health insurance cover?

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    For many Americans, it’s open enrollment time, the period your employer give you to make changes in your health insurance coverage. You may not understand your insurance very well, but you have to understand this one important fact: your health care providers know even less about your insurance than you do. Most doctor’s offices have…

  • Ginkgo does not prevent dementia, or “I can’t remember what NCCAM is good for”

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    Here’s a question for you: is there, or should there be, any difference between studies of “alternative” and non-alternative medicine? I’ve argued before that there is no such thing as alternative medicine. So why do we need a separate agency to study “alternative” medicine? The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine seems to be…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • WhiteCoat Underground Note

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    I number of my posts have links to my old blog. I’ve moved my old blog to a new server, and the permalinks no longer work (and I’m probably to lazy to hunt them all down). If I send you to a blind link, sorry ’bout that. Just go to whitecoatunderground.com and search by title.