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Studying “disparities” in access to “complementary and alternative medicine”
When it comes to the use of what is sometimes called “complementary and alternative medicine” (CAM) or, increasingly, “integrative medicine,” there is a certain narrative. It’s a narrative promoted by CAM proponents that does its best to convince the public that there is nothing unusual, untoward, or odd about CAM use, even though much of…
Source: Respectful Insolence - May 27, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking acupuncture CAM cancer health disparities integrative medicine integrative oncology National Center for Complementary and Alternati Source Type: blogs
J.J. has a chance to live!
Over the years I’ve written about a lot of topics. After all, I’ve been at this for more than a decade now, and I still grind out four or five posts per week, with only occasional breaks for vacations or medical or scientific meetings. Topics have included science-based medicine, antivaccine nonsense, topics of general skepticism,…
Source: Respectful Insolence - April 27, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Naturopathy Politics Quackery Religion Canada chemotherapy First Nations Gethin Edward J.J. lymphoblastic lymphoma Makayla Sault Six Nations Source Type: blogs
Jess Ainscough, Belle Gibson, and “wellness warriors” vs. cancer
Recent articles in The Daily Mail and The Australian reminded me that it’s been over a month since the unfortunate demise of Jess Ainscough, a young Australian woman who was diagnosed with an epithelioid sarcoma of her left upper extremity in 2008. Before I get to the articles, a brief recap is in order. This…
Source: Respectful Insolence - April 6, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Naturopathy Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking belle gibson Candace Marie-Fox epithelioid sarcoma Jess Ainscough The Wellness Warrior Source Type: blogs
The quack view of preventing cancer versus reality and Angelina Jolie, part 4
Why, oh why, did I look at GreenMedInfo again? You remember GreenMedInfo? It’s yet another wretched hive of scum and quackery, but with a twist. Its proprietor, Sayer Ji, thinks he’s an expert at interpreting the biomedical literature. Unfortunately, as he demonstrates time and time again with depressing regularity, he is nothing of the sort.…
Source: Respectful Insolence - April 3, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Quackery Science Angelina Jolie BRCA1 breast cancer mastectomy oophorectomy ovarian cancer Sayer Ji 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 - 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
The quack view of preventing cancer versus reality and Angelina Jolie, part 3
I happen to be in Houston right now attending the Society of Surgical Oncology annual meeting. Sadly, I’m only about 12 miles away from the lair of everybody’s favorite faux clinical researcher and purveyor of a cancer cure that isn’t, Stanislaw Burzynski. Such is life. In any case, this conference is all about cancer and…
Source: Respectful Insolence - March 26, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Quackery Surgery Angelina Jolie BRCA1 breast cancer epigenetics ovarian cancer prophylactic surgery Sayer Ji Source Type: blogs
Medical marijuana and the new herbalism, part 3: Cannabis does not cure breast cancer
It’s been a while since I discussed medical marijuana, even though it’s a topic I’ve been meaning to come back to since I first dubbed medical marijuana to be the equivalent of herbalism and discussed how the potential of cannabinoids to treat cancer has been, thus far, unimpressive, with relatively modest antitumor effects. The reason…
Source: Respectful Insolence - March 25, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Popular culture Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking BBC cannabis hemp oil Rick Simpson Stefanie LaRue Source Type: blogs
Dr. Hidaeka Tsuda demonstrates that antineoplastons don’t work against colon cancer
Two things have reminded me that it’s been a while since I’ve written about Stanislaw Burzynski, nearly five months, to be precise. First, on Wednesday evening I’ll be heading to the city where Burzynski preys on unsuspecting cancer patients, Houston, TX, to attend this year’s Society of Surgical Oncology meeting to imbibe the latest research…
Source: Respectful Insolence - March 24, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Science Skepticism/critical thinking antineoplastons clinical trial colon cancer Hidaeki Tsuda metastasis Stanislaw Burzynski Source Type: blogs
The New York Times and fear mongering about the Apple Watch and wearable tech: The NYT response
Yesterday, I laid a heapin’ helpin’ of not-so-Respectful Insolence on a hapless—not to mention clueless—tech writer who for some reason wrote an article for the New York Times Styles section. The writer, Nick Bilton, surely deserved it. His article served up a massive pile of fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) about radiation from cell phones…
Source: Respectful Insolence - March 20, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Apple Watch cell phone Nick Bilton wearable tech Source Type: blogs
Alternative cancer therapies: The quest for certainty
“I don’t want knowledge. I want certainty!” –David Bowie, from Law (Earthlings on Fire) I know I’ve already said this once, but I have to say it again, but it’s been a rather stressful week on the old blog, but I hadn’t planned on writing about this particular topic again (although I will say that…
Source: Respectful Insolence - March 6, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Popular culture Quackery Science Skepticism/critical thinking Charlotte Gerson coffee enema epithelioid sarcoma Gerson protocol Gerson therapy Jess Ainscough Max Gerson raw vegan Sh Source Type: blogs
Alternative oncology versus oncology
I hadn’t planned on discussing the death of Jess Ainscough again, figuring two posts in a row were enough for now, barring new information. Besides, I was getting a little tired of the seemingly unending stream of her fans castigating me for being “insensitive” and saying it was “too soon” to discuss her death and…
Source: Respectful Insolence - March 4, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Naturopathy Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Gerson protocol Gerson therapy Jess Ainscough Max Gerson oncology Ranjana Srivastava surgery Source Type: blogs
Mike Adams attacks Jimmy Kimmel for “hate speech”
The last couple of days have been unrelentingly serious and depressing, with posts on the (probably) preventable death of a young Australian woman named Jess Ainscough of a rare cancer because she made the mistake of choosing the quackery that is the Gerson protocol rather than conventional medicine. Unfortunately, the “natural health community” will almost…
Source: Respectful Insolence - March 3, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Politics Quackery Television comedy hate speech Jimmy Kimmel Mike Adams Monsanto Nazi racism vaccines Source Type: blogs
Aftermath: Will the “alternative health movement” learn anything from Jess Ainscough’s death?
It’s been a rather…interesting…weekend. Friday, I noted the death of Jess Ainscough, a.k.a. “The Wellness Warrior,” a young Australian woman who was unfortunate enough to develop epithelioid sarcoma, a rare cancer, at the age of 22. I’ve been blogging about her because after her doctors tried isolated limb perfusion with chemotherapy in an attempt to…
Source: Respectful Insolence - March 2, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Naturopathy Popular culture Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking alternative health community diet Gerson protocol integrative medicine Jess Ainscough Laura Schoenfeld pal Source Type: blogs
The Wellness Warrior, Jess Ainscough, has passed away
Two months ago, I took note of a somewhat cryptic blog post by a young woman named Jess Ainscough. In Australia and much of the world, Ainscough was known as the Wellness Warrior. She was a young woman who developed an epithelioid sarcoma in 2008 and ended up choosing “natural healing” to treat her cancer.…
Source: Respectful Insolence - February 27, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Australia coffee enemas epithelioid sarcoma Gerson therapy Jess Ainscough Sharyn Ainscough The Wellness Warrior Source Type: blogs
Finally, the State of Florida acts against Brian Clement and the Hippocrates Health Institute
Every so often, it’s good to post some heartening news regarding quackery. After all, after a decade of blogging about this, preceded by five years in the trenches of Usenet battling quackery and Holocaust denial, sometimes it’s hard for me not to become depressed. After all, there are times when it really does feel as…
Source: Respectful Insolence - February 25, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Brian Clement Hippocrates Health Institute Source Type: blogs
