The Mayo Clinic is a prestigious medical institution with a deserved international reputation. It also promotes rank pseudoscience. It does this, apparently, for all the reasons we have explored here at SBM over the years. I have seen first hand how one or a few true believers can promote so-called alternative medicine at their institutions, meeting little resistance from colleagues and administrators […]
The post Mayo Clinic Promotes Reiki first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.A recent study found that physicians and scientists who are perceived as "experts" are prevalent within the antivax community and more influential because of their status as physicians and scientists. Why do physicians continue to tolerate antivax quacks within our ranks?
The post Yet more evidence that we physicians need to clean up our act first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.“You are here early,” he said. “Yeah. I’m trying to decide what to do about this pump and the seawater cure. So far, my attempts are falling flat.” I told him about the couple pumping water and my lack of success in stopping them from taking the water home. “No surprise,” said Bonham. “Water is supposed to be as safe as mothers” […]
The post Skeptics in the Pub. Cholera. Chapter 9b first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.What did I mean when I said Dr. Kelly Brogan "won the pandemic"?
The post Dr. Kelly Brogan Wakes Up to the “Ball Earth Hoax”. What Does This Reveal About Prominent Professors From Prominent Medical Schools? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.Wellness influencers are often also conspiracy theorists, as both mindsets rely upon the same underlying methods, motivation, and narrative.
The post The Menace of Wellness Influencers first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.A year ago, I noticed that COVID-19 quacks were touting the "repurposing" of ivermectin to treat cancer. Now, familiar COVID-19 antivaxxers—cough, cough, FLCCC—have turbocharged this quackery.
The post COVID-19 antivax quacks are now “repurposing” ivermectin for cancer first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.A man who experienced the pandemic entirely from his laptop, explains what he would have done had he actually done anything.
The post Science Based Satire: What I Would Have Done first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.For once, I beat the alarm clock by a good hour. Anxiety is better than sunrise for becoming and staying awake. I had too many things to do, and neither the time nor the skill set to accomplish them. As the week progressed, I had become increasingly aware that every hour we did not act meant more death and disease—and I could […]
The post Skeptics in the Pub. Cholera. Chapter 9a. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.Did a meeting of chiropractors from around the world come to a historic consensus on the true causes of the chiropractic subluxation? No, this is satire. Still read the post though. Please.
The post Science-Based Satire: Historic Conference Clarifies Vertebral Subluxation Causes first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.The use of of complementary health approaches overall, and for pain management, is growing among US adults.
The post More Americans turning to complementary approaches to pain control first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.The supplement industry continues to be plagued by deliberate adulteration of products.
The post Adulteration of Herbal Supplements Continues first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.A couple of weeks ago, I discussed why antivax quacks' claimed biological mechanisms for COVID-19 vaccine "shedding" reminded me of homeopaths. Confabulation about fantastical scientific mechanisms continues, courtesy of "A Midwestern Doctor."
The post Antivax quacks are continuing to make up fantastical biological mechanisms for COVID-19 vaccine “shedding” first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.Sensible Medicine doctors often utter the words "do an RCT". So why are their readers so ignorant about RCTs?
The post Why Are Sensible Medicine Doctors Indifferent to the Nonsense Comments of Sensible Medicine Commentators? As Instructed, I Consider the Dualities of Interest and Motivating Biases. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.It's the pump! But you knew that.
The post Skeptics in the Pub. Cholera. Chapter 8b first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.I warned you this would happen.
The post Science Based Satire: The CDC’s Unyielding, Unscientific Push to Vaccinate Children Against COVID Caused a Measles Outbreak in Europe first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.Despite massive efforts to reduce the disease burden of malaria, it remains a significant cause of disease and death in parts of the world, most notably Sub-Saharan Africa. Now we have a new tool in the fight against malaria – two safe and effective vaccines. Cameroon is just beginning a program to give the vaccine for free to children in four doses […]
The post Cameroon Begins First Malaria Vaccine Program first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.Many chiropractors continue to claim that vertebral subluxations can affect organ function by interfering with nerve flow in spinal nerves, a view that is scientifically indefensible.
The post Chiropractic Subluxation Theory: Science or Gobbledegook? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.Wakefield redux? Antivax scientist Byram Bridle just took the "new school" antivax movement old school by implying that COVID-19 vaccines might cause an "epidemic of autism." Everything old is new again, sort of.
The post “New school” antivax goes old school as Byram Bridle asks if COVID-19 vaccines will drive an “epidemic” of autism first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.The Cholera continues.
The post Skeptics in the Pub. Cholera. Chapter 8a first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.If Dr. Adam Cifu were genuinely concerned about vaccine hesitancy, I would strongly encourage him to learn about the anti-vaccine movement. He'll discover that it is fueled not by a lack of "robust data" on COVID boosters, but rather by exactly the sort of mistrust and anti-vaccine misinformation spread by his own blog and collaborators.
The post Dr. Adam Cifu: “We Now Need to Accept That This is Here to Get Infected With Again and Again.” first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.