IN MY VIEW: American Lung Association Would Rather Smokers Die than Save their Lives "the Wrong Way"
Re-defining the meaning of paternalism, the American Lung Association on Tuesday boldly and unashamedly told smokers that if they quit smoking the wrong way, it doesn't count, essentially condemning the nearly 7 million Americans who are vaping instead of smoking.In a Reuters article, the American Lung Association told the nation's smokers that: "We think there are certainly more and better ways to quit. When you're going to e-cigarettes, you're not quitting, you're switching."The Rest of the StoryThis is perverse paternalism. It is an attempt to so strongly control the lives of smokers that the American Lung Association i...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - May 26, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
IN MY VIEW: American Lung Association Would Rather Smokers Die than Save their Lives " the Wrong Way "
Re-defining the meaning of paternalism, the American Lung Association on Tuesday boldly and unashamedly told smokers that if they quit smoking the wrong way, it doesn ' t count, essentially condemning the nearly 7 million Americans who are vaping instead of smoking. < br / > < br / > In a < i > Reuters < /i > < a href= " http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ecigarettes-poll-idUSKCN0YF0DE " > article < /a > , the American Lung Association told the nation ' s smokers that: < i > " We think there are certainly more and better ways to quit. When you ' re going to e-cigarettes, you ' re not quitting, you ' re switching. " < /i...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - May 26, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
The RAND Corporation: Supporting the “integration” of quackery with real medicine since 2008
As regular readers of this blog and related blogs know, over the last two or three decades there has been a successful effort to legitimize quackery in the form of what is now called “integrative medicine.” Three decades ago, modalities like homeopathy, acupuncture, much of traditional Chinese medicine, reflexology, chiropractic, and many other modalities based… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - May 5, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Naturopathy Politics Quackery Science Skepticism/critical thinking BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine Chiropractic integrative medicine RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
Science and the Healing Arts
Americans spend billions of dollars out of pocket seeking relief from chronic conditions in alternative schools of health, such as acupuncture or chiropractic. What would it take to more fully integrate such practices into the mainstream? (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - April 28, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
Yet again, acupuncture does not work for menopausal hot flashes
Arguably, one of the most popular forms of so-called “complementary and alternative medicine” (CAM) being “integrated” with real medicine by those who label their specialty “integrative medicine” is acupuncture. It’s particularly popular in academic medical centers as a subject of what I like to refer to as “quackademic medicine“; that is, the study of pseudoscience… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - April 25, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Quackery acupuncture breast cancer hot flashes menopause quackademic medicine Source Type: blogs
A Young Adult Survivor Story: 15 Years in the Making
Nearly 72,000 young adults, ages 15-39, are diagnosed with cancer every year. April is the time when we highlight the unique challenges that young adult cancer survivors face like school, jobs, dating, getting married and having children. Over the years, LIVESTRONG has interviewed thousands of cancer survivors. Many of those survivors were filmed for our website including a woman named Kim Bergeron. Kim applied to become a LIVESTRONG Leader this year and we jumped at the chance to share her survivor story again 15 years in the making.
Kim’s 2003 interview with LIVESTRONG
LIVESTRONG:
We interviewed you in the early 2...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - April 17, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
Once again, acupuncture doesn’t work for menopausal hot flashes
Of all the forms of quackery that have been “integrated” into medicine of late, arguably one of the most popular is acupuncture. It’s offered in fertility clinics. It’s offered in hospitals and medical clinics all over the place. The vast majority of academic medical centers that have embraced quackademic medicine offer acupuncture. (Quackademic medicine, for… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - April 13, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking acupuncture clinical trial hot flashes menopause quackademic medicine Source Type: blogs
Acupuncture Notes
Jackie Doyle
Used Japanese moxa
did lots of ear stuff
circled the dragon
put needles in wrist heart 6, master of the heart (pericardium) -7, lung 9 (I think this it)
Jiang-
Did lots of command points, used governor vessel-20 (he always takes this)
Stacy Roman – Morgantown
yin tang and Bl 2 for headache
One treatment Stacy gave me was
CV 17
CV12
CV3
LI4
Liver3
GV20
KI3
St 44
Large intestine-4 and Stomach-44 bilaterally for frontal headache (very effective)
Kidney-3 bilaterally for general tonification and energy
Stomach-25 and Ren-6 and Ren-9 (conception vessel) for energy, tonify lower Jiao and helps out bladder
Ren-...
Source: Inside Surgery - April 3, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: General Source Type: blogs
CDC Chronic Pain Guidelines: Not so bad, but...
by Tom QuinnIn case you didn’t notice, the US Centers for Disease Control published their long-awaited (dreaded?) “CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.” It made a pretty big splash: Five editorials plus the full Guideline in the online Mar 15 JAMA, front page New York Times feature article, the first hour on NPR’s “Diane Rehm Show,” (Mar 17) and multiple others. It is specifically aimed at primary care prescribers, who write about half of the scripts for opioids in the US. It is intended to “support clinicians caring for patients outside the context of active cancer care or palliative o...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - March 30, 2016 Category: Palliative Care Tags: CDC ethics opioids pain quinn The profession Source Type: blogs
NICE rejects acupuncture for low back pain
Of all types of alternative medicine, acupuncture is the one that has received the most approval from regular medicine. The benefit of that is that it’s been tested more thoroughly than most others. The result is now clear. It doesn’t work. See the evidence in Acupuncture is a theatrical placebo.
This blog has documented many cases of misreported tests of acupuncture, often from people have a financial interests in selling it. Perhaps the most egregious spin came from the University of Exeter. It was published in a normal journal, and endorsed by the journal’s editor, despite showing clearly that acupunct...
Source: DC's goodscience - March 24, 2016 Category: Science Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: acupuncture Back pain NICE LBP Low back pain NSLBP Source Type: blogs
NICE rejects acupuncture for low back pain
Of all types of alternative medicine, acupuncture is the one that has received the most approval from regular medicine. The benefit of that is that it’s been tested more thoroughly than most others. The result is now clear. It doesn’t work. See the evidence in Acupuncture is a theatrical placebo.
This blog has documented many cases of misreported tests of acupuncture, often from people have a financial interests in selling it. Perhaps the most egregious spin came from the University of Exeter. It was published in a normal journal, and endorsed by the journal’s editor, despite showing clearly that acupunct...
Source: DC's goodscience - March 24, 2016 Category: Science Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: acupuncture Back pain NICE LBP Low back pain NSLBP Source Type: blogs
“Cat-upuncture”? What did those poor cats ever do to deserve this?
Acupuncture is quackery. As with naturopathy (a medical pseudo-“specialty” that embraces acupuncture and other so-called traditional Chinese medicine), when I write about acupuncture I like to start out with a provocative statement, a statement of—dare I say it?—judgment in order to shock new readers and let them know exactly where I’m coming from. Why I… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - March 4, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking acupuncture cats traditional Chinese medicine veterinary medicine Source Type: blogs
CMS Releases Final 2017 Letter To Issuers In The Federally Facilitated Marketplaces (Updated)
Implementing Health Reform (March 3 update). On March 3, 2016, the Office of the HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) announced that the ACA has resulted in gains in health insurance coverage of 20 million adults through February 22, 2016. This includes 2.3 million young adults who gained coverage under the ACA provision allowing young adults to remain on their parents’ coverage through age 26, and 17.7 million non-elderly adults who have gained coverage between the beginning of open enrollment in October 2013 and the present. The report shows continued progress since ASPE released its last estimat...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - March 3, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Timothy Jost Tags: Following the ACA Insurance and Coverage Alaska Medicaid expansion QHPs Supreme Court Source Type: blogs
The Secrets of Cancer Survivors
By JAMES SALWITZ, MD
Disclaimer: I have never had cancer. Therefore, at the most basic level, I do not have the right to pontificate about dealing with the dread disease.
Rather, I have been the servant and support of those that struggle with cancer. I thought it might be of some assistance to share my observations from the other side of the bed rail. Perhaps, their secrets of survival may help you.
1. Cancer is a team sport; do not do this alone. Never show up to an important appointment by yourself. You are dealing with a physical impairment, as well as a complex mental challenge, at the same time that you are frightened...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Simon Nath Tags: THCB James Salwitz Source Type: blogs
Integrative Medicine – A Holistic & Individualized Approach to Care
By: Allie Ondrejcak, Communications Intern
Do you first think of medication, surgery or vaccinations when thinking about the field of medicine? If so, you are thinking of conventional medicine. This system of medicine, used by medical doctors and other health professionals, is a medical model of evidence-based practice used to treat symptoms and diseases. In the United States, conventional medicine is considered the mainstream approach.
If you did not think of medication, surgery or vaccination, did you think of acupuncture, supplements or nutrition? These unconventional approaches to medicine fall under the umbrella of c...
Source: Life in a Medical Center - January 27, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Chris Lindsley Tags: Integrative Medicine Source Type: blogs
