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Advice for alternative medicine practitioners: Stay in your lane
Dear alternative medicine, Hi, it’s HD again. You may remember me from the last time we entered the squared circle, “Endocrinology vs. Naturopathy: Steel Cage Death Match.” I had hoped that you might internalize a couple of the lessons I tried to teach you: “Know your assay” and “know your pre-test probability” — but, shocker, it didn’t happen. You regrouped, and you’ve come back more formidable than ever. In fact, I’ve noticed you’re refining your line of BS such that it’s getting more difficult for lay people to distinguish between where good advic...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 6, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/hd" rel="tag" > HD, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Endocrinology Source Type: blogs

Yoga could slow the harmful effects of stress and inflammation
Stress accounts for between 60% and 80% of visits to primary care doctors. Chronic stress has been linked to accelerated biological aging, and increased chronic inflammation and oxidative stress, two processes that cause cellular and genetic damage. Scientists refer to chronic, low-grade inflammation in the body as “inflammaging.” Inflammaging has been associated with conditions like diabetes, heart disease, stress, depression, and a weakened immune system. Several recent studies suggest that yoga could slow the harmful physical effects of stress and inflammaging. There are many different types of biomarkers in the blo...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Marlynn Wei, MD, JD Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Stress Yoga Source Type: blogs

Alternative medicine for cancer: Greater scrutiny is needed
As the calendar turns to early October, I’m reminded that this is the 6th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ death. At the time of his death, I was a medical student and my wife had just completed six months of chemotherapy. I was surprised to learn that Jobs had died from complications of cancer and shocked to discover that he had initially refused conventional cancer treatment in favor of alternative medicines. At first, I found it difficult to understand how someone with the intellectual and financial resources of Steve Jobs could make such a decision — but I was quickly reminded of the massive amounts of misinformati...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 14, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/skyler-johnson" rel="tag" > Skyler Johnson, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Endocrinology Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs

And the box of blinky lights has arrived in Manchester for QEDCon
As you probably noticed, I didn’t manage a post yesterday. Nor did I manage one today, other than this. That’s because I was busy preparing for QEDCon, where I will be on a panel and giving a talk, and, of course, putting together my talk. As I write this, I’m horrendously jet lagged; so I probably couldn’t write much that’s coherent anyway. Consequently, there likely won’t be any new posts until next week. I will take a moment, however, to mention that there will be significant changes to this blog in the near future. It’s a process that will likely […] The post And the box ...
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 13, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Announcements Blog housekeeping Blogging Medicine alternative medicine QEDCon skepticism Source Type: blogs

On the “ integration ” of quackery into the medical school curriculum
Ever since the $200 million gift by Susan and Henry Samueli to UC-Irvine, I've been thinking about the "integration" of quackery into medicine through integrative medicine. The way advocates of quackademic medicine are going to make this "integration" really happen is to start with the medical schools. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 11, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Naturopathy Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Surgery curriculum Henry Samueli integrative medicine medical school Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences Source Type: blogs

On the " integration " of quackery into the medical school curriculum
Ever since the $200 million gift by Susan and Henry Samueli to UC-Irvine, I've been thinking about the "integration" of quackery into medicine through integrative medicine. The way advocates of quackademic medicine are going to make this "integration" really happen is to start with the medical schools. The post On the "integration" of quackery into the medical school curriculum appeared first on RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 11, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Naturopathy Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Surgery curriculum Henry Samueli integrative medicine medical school Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences Source Type: blogs

On the " integration " of quackery into the medical school curriculum
On the"integration" of quackery into the medical school curriculumQEDCon is fast approaching (indeed, I can ' t believe I have to leave for Manchester tomorrow night), and because my talk there will be about the phenomenon of " integrative medicine, " I ' ve been thinking a lot about it. As I put together my slides, I can ' t help but see my talk evolving to encompass both " integrative " medicine and what I like to refer to as quackademic medicine, but that ' s not surprising. The two phenomenon are related, and it ' s hard to determine which has a more pernicious effect on science in medicine.One aspect of quac...
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 11, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: oracknows Source Type: blogs

On the "integration" of quackery into the medical school curriculum
QEDCon is fast approaching (indeed, I can't believe I have to leave for Manchester tomorrow night), and because my talk there will be about the phenomenon of "integrative medicine," I've been thinking a lot about it. As I put together my slides, I can't help but see my talk evolving to encompass both "integrative" medicine and what I like to refer to as quackademic medicine, but that's not surprising. The two phenomenon are related, and it's hard to determine which has a more pernicious effect on science in medicine.One aspect of quackademic medicine that I probably don't write about as much as I should is the "integration...
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 11, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: oracknows Source Type: blogs

Another antivaccine paper bites the dust
Christopher Shaw and Lucija Tomljenovic are known for producing dubious scientific studies in the service of antivaccine pseudoscience. Last month, they published a paper purporting to show that aluminum adjuvant causes neuroinflammation in mice that was roundly criticized for poor experimental design and manipulated images. Guess what? It's soon to be retracted. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 10, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Autism Bioethics Complementary and alternative medicine Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking aluminum antivaccine Christopher Shaw Lucija Tomljenovic mice vaccines Source Type: blogs

Another antivaccine paper bites the dust
Christopher Shaw and Lucija Tomljenovic are known for producing dubious scientific studies in the service of antivaccine pseudoscience. Last month, they published a paper purporting to show that aluminum adjuvant causes neuroinflammation in mice that was roundly criticized for poor experimental design and manipulated images. Guess what? It's soon to be retracted. The post Another antivaccine paper bites the dust appeared first on RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 10, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Autism Bioethics Complementary and alternative medicine Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking aluminum antivaccine Christopher Shaw Lucija Tomljenovic mice vaccines Source Type: blogs

A conversation with a Rigvir flack
My skeptical analysis of Rigvir, a “Virotherapy” from Latvia being promoted by alternative medicine clinics as a cancer cure, caught the attention of the International Virotherapy Center (IVC). The result was a long and very telling e-mail exchange between its Assistant of Business Development and myself. I post it because the arguments used in the discussion are very telling about where the IVC is coming from when it comes to science. Hint: It’s not a good place. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 9, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Skepticism/critical thinking International Virotherapy Center Kārlis Urbāns Lelde Lapa Rigvir Rigvir Holding Source Type: blogs

A conversation with a Rigvir flack
My skeptical analysis of Rigvir, a “Virotherapy” from Latvia being promoted by alternative medicine clinics as a cancer cure, caught the attention of the International Virotherapy Center (IVC). The result was a long and very telling e-mail exchange between its Assistant of Business Development and myself. I post it because the arguments used in the discussion are very telling about where the IVC is coming from when it comes to science. Hint: It’s not a good place. The post A conversation with a Rigvir flack appeared first on RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 9, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Skepticism/critical thinking International Virotherapy Center Kārlis Urbāns Lelde Lapa Rigvir Rigvir Holding Source Type: blogs

Naturopaths: Able to turn even Epsom salt potentially deadly
Epsom salt, like the Earth in The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy, is mostly harmless; that is, except in the hands of a naturopath. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 6, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Epsom salt hepatotoxicity liver magnesium sulfate naturopathy Source Type: blogs

Naturopaths: Able to turn even Epsom salt potentially deadly
Epsom salt, like the Earth in The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy, is mostly harmless; that is, except in the hands of a naturopath. The post Naturopaths: Able to turn even Epsom salt potentially deadly appeared first on RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 6, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Epsom salt hepatotoxicity liver magnesium sulfate naturopathy Source Type: blogs