Denialism

Category: Woo

  • EU Panel Spanks Some Specious Claims

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    The Wall Street Journal’s Matthew Dalton reports: European scientific authorities Thursday rejected dozens of health claims made by food companies, in a sign of how tricky it will be for them to get some of their most popular claims past a European Union drive to bring scientific rigor to the health foods. A panel of…

  • Frankly, I am afraid to ask…

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  • The Beautiful Truth

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    Guess what? A natural therapy can cure cancer, but evil doctors don’t want to tell you about it, because the medical establishment wants to make money with Mosanto and Dupont rather than cure your illnesses! Watch all about it. Update: Sorry, I missed Orac’s successful attack on this thing. Thanks Science Pundit, for pointing it…

  • 6 Cases of Shameless False Advertising

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    are brought to you by mental floss. HT to Rebecca Tushnet via Frank Pasquale.

  • 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…

  • Why good medicine requires materialism

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    I don’t like to repost, but Steve Novella has some great pieces up right now, and this is directly related. –PalMD s I’ve clearly demonstrated in earlier posts, I’m no philosopher. But I am a doctor, and, I believe, a good one at that, and I find some of this talk about “non-materialist” perspectives in…

  • It burns! It burns!

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    Yes, I’m still migrating posts from the old blog, but don’t worry, I’ll run out eventually. –PalMD So maybe homeopathy (the use of water to treat disease) isn’t strong enough for you. Maybe isn’t doesn’t have that certain…je ne sais qois…um…that sizzle. I have the solution for you! Just add another oxygen molecule! Water Pl+s!®…

  • Mercola—still lying after all these years

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    It’s no secret that I have no respect for Joe Mercola. Every time I read one of his promotional emails or make a visit to his website, I see more fantastic claims. Usually, I don’t see blatant lies…until now…

  • I am embarrassed

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    by the San Francisco Chronicle for giving a lot of uncritical coverage to a pet psychic in “Marla Steele makes pet talk a two-way street.” This “psychic” discusses Reiki (and the ability to do it from a distance–“energy broadcasting”), among other thing. And here’s the reporter’s hardball question: What do you say to skeptics? I…

  • Galileo, Semmelweis, and YOU!

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    To wear the mantle of Galileo, it is not enough to be persecuted: you must also be right. –Robert Park I used to spend a lot of time on the websites of Joe Mercola and Gary Null, the most influential medical cranks of the internets (to call them “quacks” would imply that they are real…