Wikipedia: Homeopathy and Evidence for Unpatentable Medications
By FRED TROTTER Recently, I have had some interesting conversations with doctors and medical students of Naturopathic Medicine. I am slowly getting involved in editing Wikipedia medicine articles, and I was approached by several proponents of Naturopathic Medicine, who were upset about the following phrases from the Wikipedia article on Naturopathy: Naturopathic philosophy is based […] (Source: The Health Care Blog)
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: THCB Evidence Based Medicine Homeopathy Wikipedia Source Type: blogs
Top stories in health and medicine, April 27, 2015
From MedPage Today:
Delaying HCV Tx Reduces Likelihood of Eradication. Delaying treatment of hepatitis C virus infection markedly increased the risk of not being able to clear the virus in these patients.
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Point/Counterpoint: What’s Next for Homeopathy. The FDA held a 2-day hearing this week to gather opinion on homeopathy and the degree to which the agency should regulate it. This came after the FDA had warned consumers away from over-the-counter homeopathi...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 27, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: MedPage Today Tags: News GI Neurology Specialist Source Type: blogs
The parrot is still dead, and MMR still doesn’t cause autism
So busy was I writing about America’s quack Dr. Mehmet Oz and, of course, the FDA hearing on regulating homeopathy that I didn’t take note of a story that came out the other day examining a study looking at the association between MMR vaccination and autism. More correctly, the study examines the lack of association… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - April 23, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Autism Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Quackery Dead Parrot sketch MMR Monty Python vaccines Source Type: blogs
Regulating the magic that is homeopathy: The sabotage of poor reporting and false balance
Well, it’s over. I’m referring to the two day hearing held by the FDA in Bethesda seeking public comment regarding how it should modernize its regulation of homeopathic products. Actually, as I discussed before (as did Jann Bellamy over at my favorite other blog, Science-Based Medicine), in fact it’s arguable wither there is currently much,… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - April 22, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Naturopathy Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Television CBS fda Holly Phillips NPR Steve Novella Source Type: blogs
America’s quack, dissected yet again
If there’s one doctor who irritates me possibly more than any other, it’s got to be “America’s Doctor,” a.k.a. Dr. Mehmet Oz, thanks to The Dr. Oz Show. He’s been an all too frequent topic on this blog and at my not-so-super-secret other blog. Of course, I refer to him as “America’s quack,” because, well,… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - April 17, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Surgery Television ACSH America's doctor America's quack Ben Mazer Columbia University f Source Type: blogs
Regulating the magic that is homeopathy: I have a very bad feeling about the upcoming FDA public hearing
Once again, repeat after me: Homeopathy is quackery. In fact, it’s what I like to refer to as The One Quackery To Rule Them All. You would think that, in a modern world and given the incredible advancements in our scientific understanding of biology, physiology, chemistry, and physics over the course of the over 200… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - April 16, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Naturopathy Politics Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Adriane Fugh-Berman fda Feinberg School of Medicine homeopathy Northwestern University Pharmed Out quackademic medicine Source Type: blogs
Ethics of Research on Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Here are three related items to bring to your attention: On the blog of Policy Options magazine, here’s a very good piece by our pal Tim Caulfield, called Homeopathy and the ethics of researching magic. And via the same outlet, here’s my piece in which I partly disagree with Tim: Homeopathy and Research Ethics. And […] (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - April 11, 2015 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Chris MacDonald Tags: Health Care syndicated Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
An anonymous Canadian foundation grants $3 million to study naturopathic oncology
It’s no secret that I don’t have a high opinion of naturopathy. Just enter the word “naturopathy” into the search box of this blog, and you’ll quickly see what I mean. Indeed, when last I mentioned the topic a couple of weeks ago, I was discussing the revelations of Britt Marie Hermes, a former naturopath… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - April 2, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Naturopathy Bastyr University Canadian College of Natur Canadian/US Integrative Oncology Study CUSIOS dca dichloroacetate Dugald Seely Leanna Standish Ottaw Source Type: blogs
Herbs get the push: no statutory regulation for western herbalists or Traditional Chinese Medicine
It makes a nice change to be able to compliment an official government report.
Ever since the House of Lords report in 2000, the governments have been vacillating about what should be done about herbalists. At the moment both western herbalists and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are essentially unregulated. Many (but not all) herbalists have been pushing for statutory regulation, which they see it as government endorsement. It would give them a status like the General Medical Council.
Chinese medicine as taught at Middlesex University
A new report has ruled out this possibility, for very good reasons...
Source: DC's goodscience - March 30, 2015 Category: Science Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: Academia Chinese medicine Harry Cayton Health Professions Council herbal medicine herbalism Michael Driscoll Middlesex university Pittilo Prince Charles Professional Standards Authority University of Westminster alternative medicin Source Type: blogs
Regulating magic: The FDA considers revamping its regulation of homeopathic products
Homeopathy is quackery. It can’t be repeated often enough. Homeopathy is The One Quackery To Rule Them All. It is based on prescientific vitalism and principles so addled that one must wonder whether Samuel Hahnemann, the guy who dreamt up this medical system, was a fan of excess alcohol use, opium, marijuana, or some unholy… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - March 27, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Politics Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking fda Food and Drug Administration Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States HPUS regulation Source Type: blogs
The Inbox
I don't know what I did to deserve it, but I am under a continual bombardment of e-mails from publicists who would have to be out of their minds to think I have any interest other than scathing, boiling contempt for their scumbag clients. The latest is a clown who claims to be the "immediate past president of the Arizona Homeopathic and Integrative Medical Association, and the clinic director of Integrative Medicine of the American Medical College of Homeopathy." He wants me to read his book about how I can detoxify myself from heavy metals through chelation therapy.The mystery is why these con artists aren't prosecuted ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - March 24, 2015 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
pedia notes
Acupuncture
Andrographis
Babesia
bartonella
betterhealthguy.com – Scott’s website, lots of detox info
Biodentistry
bioresourceinc.com – wholesaler for Pekana
Biotensor
Buhner herbal protocol
Chlorella – thought to provide mercury detox, many think biopure.us is best. other brands are E-lyte and Sun
Cholestapure – supposedly less difficult to handle than cholestyramine
Comprehensive Medical Center – Kirkland, Washington clinic that acts as home office in the United States of Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD (425) 823-8818. Dr. Klinghardt visits intermittently and charges $7/minute. He has two...
Source: Inside Surgery - March 21, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
In which a certain box of blinky lights is published in Slate.com pontificating about Prince Charles
After a busy and late day yesterday, I didn’t have any gas left in the tank, if you know what I mean, to produce Insolence as epic as my posts about The Food Babe and cries of antivaccine activists of “Help, help! I’m being repressed!” Or maybe I should say that Orac’s power supply is… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - March 18, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Politics Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Foundation for Integrated Health GMOs Prince Charles Prince of Wales Quacktitioner Royal sustainable agriculture Source Type: blogs
A naturopathic “apostate” confirms that naturopathy is a pseudoscientific belief system
Naturopathy is 80% quackery, 19% science-based modalities like diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes rebranded and infused with woo, and maybe 1% valid medicine. Yes, I know I’m probably being generous given that naturopathy is based on a vitalistic, prescientific worldview and originated in the 19th century German “natural living” movement, but I’m in a generous… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - March 13, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Naturopathy apostate Britt Hermes education religion Source Type: blogs
Mike Adams, a.k.a. the Health Ranger, a health seamster profiled
Anyone who’s read this blog knows my opinion of Mike Adams, the proprietor of the quack website known as NaturalNews.com. It is not favorable, to put it mildly. All you have to do to realize that is to type his name into the search box of this blog and see what comes up: Anger at… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - March 11, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Computers Homeopathy Naturopathy News of the Weird Popular culture Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Autism Health Ranger Mike Adams Sacha Feinman scams vaccines Source Type: blogs
