An infertile patient's secret thoughts, worries and fears
This is a guest post from a very thoughtful patient of ours.It describes very eloquently the worries and fears which prey on an infertile patient's mind. It's very hard to discuss them with anyone, and bottling them up just makes things worse !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Isn't it a paradox that when India and world's population is exploding at alarming rate; here I am ,struggling to have a single child for 5 long years and with no idea when the struggle will really end.I am being treated at Malpani's and yesterday the doctor urged...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - February 6, 2017 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
Alternative medicine for premature ejaculation? Surprise, surprise! It doesn ’ t work.
I must admit that the last couple of weeks have been rather grim here on the old blog. Betweemn Donald Trump’s White House spewing , an unfortunate patient embracing quackery, pseudoscience at the VA, and more. So it is that I feel as though it might not be a bad idea to step back for… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - February 1, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Paranormal Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking acupuncture premature ejaculation systematic review traditional Chinese medicine Source Type: blogs
Quackery at the VA: Our veterans deserve real medicine, not fake medicine
A reader recounts his tale of being referred for fake medicine at a VA facility. Unfortunately, the VA seems to be papering over its lack of resources in the same way that Chairman Mao did in the 1950s, by "integrating" fake medicine with real medicine. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - January 27, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Naturopathy Quackery acupuncture battlefield acupuncture energy medicine fake medicine healing touch Richard Niemtzow Veterans Administration Source Type: blogs
If your baby is crying, what do you do? Stick pins in it
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This piece is almost identical with today’s Spectator Health article.
This week there has been enormously wide coverage in the press for one of the worst papers on acupuncture that I’ve come across. As so often, the paper showed the opposite of what its title and press release, claimed. For another stunning example of this sleight of hand, try Acupuncturists show that acupuncture doesn’t work, but conclude the opposite: journal fails, published in the British Journal of General Practice).
Presumably the wide coverage was a result of the hyped-up press release issued by the journal, BMJ Acu...
Source: DC's goodscience - January 20, 2017 Category: Science Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: acupuncture Bad journalism badscience Bait and switch BMJ BMJ Group CAM Dangerous advice evidence false discovery rate honesty Michael Cummings Quackery statistics TCM alternative medicine false positives George Lewith Source Type: blogs
No, torturing colicky infants by sticking them with acupuncture needles won ’ t calm them
So I was distracted yesterday from what I had intended to write about by an irresistible target provided me courtesy of Toby Cosgrove, MD, CEO of The Cleveland Clinic, who bemoaned all those nasty pro-science advocates who had had the temerity to link the antivaccine rant by the director of the Clinic’s Wellness Institute to… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - January 19, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Bioethics Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Popular culture Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking acupuncture colic infant Source Type: blogs
Interstate Insurance Sales: Wishful thinking, Or A Viable Policy Option?
Anyone who followed the recent election cycle knows that President-elect Donald Trump made “repeal and replace” a cornerstone of his campaign — referring, of course, to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). He, like Mitt Romney and John McCain did in their respective bids for the presidency, has proposed permitting insurers to sell insurance plans across state lines as a possible alternative to the ACA, or at least as a component of a potential alternative.
In this post, we’ll take a look at the possible advantages of allowing interstate insurance sales, as well as the reasons opponents say such a policy simply won’...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - January 18, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: John Marchica Tags: Costs and Spending Featured Insurance and Coverage Public Health interstate insurance section 1333 Source Type: blogs
An acupuncturist attacks “ pseudoskeptics ” on Wikipedia. Hilarity ensues.
Back in the day, quacks and cranks liked Wikipedia. Because anyone can become an editor on Wikipedia, they assumed that they could just sign up to edit Wikipedia pages and change them to reflect their views on alternative medicine or whatever other pseudoscientific topic they believed in. When Wikipedia first emerged on the scene, I… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - January 4, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking acupuncture Jimmy Wales Michael Cummings pseudoskepticism Wikipedia Source Type: blogs
Breaking Down The Final 2018 Letter To Issuers
Editor’s note: The final 2018 Letter To Issuers In The Federally Facilitated Maketplaces, discussed below, was issued in conjunction with the final 2018 Benefit and Payment Parameters rule, discussed here and here.
On December 16, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its final 2018 Letter to Issuers in the Federally Facilitated Marketplaces (FFM). CMS releases a letter each year to insurers that offer coverage through the FFM or through state-based marketplaces that use the Healthcare.gov platform (SBM-FP), laying out the ground rule...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - December 19, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Timothy Jost Tags: Following the ACA Insurance and Coverage Payment Policy Source Type: blogs
Trump Is Right & His Critics Are Wrong: Let Consumers, Employers Buy Insurance Across States Lines
An important part of Donald Trump ’s health care agenda is his pledge to let consumers and employers avoid unwanted regulatory costs by purchasing insurance licensed by states other than their own, a change that would make health insurance both more affordable and more secure. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that allowing employers to avo id these unwanted regulatory costs would reduce premiums an average of 13 percent. That’s a nice contrast to what Bill Clinton calls ObamaCare’s “crazy system where…people [who] are out there busting it, sometimes 60 hours a week, wind up with their premiums d...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 8, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: Michael F. Cannon Source Type: blogs
Focus Like a Ninja: How to Reduce Stress and Sharpen Your Mind
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Our desire to be more focused, to produce more, to think better, and to find clarity in our lives is often attacked from the angle of looking at our mind and how our brains can be adjusted or medicated or sharpened in some way.
But, the truth of the matter is, that as a culture, we are under a huge amount of stress that degrades the quality of our thinking and our lives and it simply can’t be...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: TheWellLife Tags: featured self improvement Briana Borten consciousness Dr. Peter Borten energy how to focus how to reduce stress mental health pickthebrain reduce anxiety The Well Life The Well Life book Source Type: blogs
Acupuncture: Getting the point
I’ve frequently written about what I like to refer to as “quackademic medicine,” defined as the infiltration of outright quackery into medical academia, particularly medical schools and academic medical centers. There’s no doubt that it’s a significant problem as hallowed institutions like Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center embrace nonsense, pseudoscience, and quackery in the name of… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - November 17, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Sports acupuncture EXPERIENCE L!FE qi quackademic medicine Selene Yeager traditional Chinese medicine Source Type: blogs
What exactly is cupping?
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The 2016 summer Olympics had its share of exciting performances, upsets, and photo finishes. But for days after Michael Phelps’s first appearance at the games, it seemed all anyone could talk about was “cupping.” It’s an ancient therapy that left multiple circular discolorations on his skin. During “dry cupping,” suction is applied to the skin for several minutes; sometimes it is combined with massage, acupuncture, or other alternative therapies. (“Wet cupping” is similar except that blood is removed by making small cuts in the skin.)
Cupping is supposed to draw fluid into...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Source Type: blogs
Has another celebrity embraced quackery?
I never in a million years thought I’d be writing a blog post involving Selena Gomez. Gomez, as many, if not most, of you are probably aware is currently a young pop star and actress who got her start as a child actress. Oddly enough, she was on Barney & Friends with Demi Lovato. These… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - September 20, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Music Popular culture Quackery acupuncture chelation lupus naturopathy pop music SLE systemic lupus erythematosus traditional Chinese medicine Source Type: blogs
You, too, can measure your nutrient levels using an iPhone and a giant stylus on your acupuncture points
In the early days of this blog, I came up with a concept. That concept was based on the idea that on Friday I would try hard not to be so serious. On Fridays, I would seek out the finest woo in the world and aim a bit of my not-so-Respectful Insolence. Thus was born… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - September 13, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Friday Woo Quackery acupuncture bio-energy regulatory technique bioelectric functions diagnosis computerized electrodermal stress analysis Electroacupuncture according to Voll electrodermal screening Source Type: blogs
