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Mixing complementary therapy with standard cancer treatment
Could affect survival Related items fromOnMedica Cancer patients using complementary meds die sooner The term ‘cancer’ should be dropped for some low-grade lesions Free prescriptions for cancer patients Inequalities in stage IV cancer treatments The NHS must adapt now to care for older cancer patients
Source: OnMedica Blogs - August 7, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
“ Dr. ” Raphael Nyarkotey Obu: Another example showing quackery ’ s the same all over the world
Orac has Google Alerts set up for various subjects, such as alternative medicine. This time around, it was a Google Alert that introduced him to "Dr." Raphael Nyarkotey Obu, who shows how quackery is the same all over the world, including in Ghana.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - June 4, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Homeopathy Naturopathy Quackery African traditional medicine featured Ghana Nyarkotey College of Holistic Medicine Nyarkotey Obu prostate cancer Raphael Nyarkotey Obu Source Type: blogs
Patient Modesty: Volume 87
EO, a visitor writing in the Comment section of Volume 86 of this thread title has set the stage for further discussion-- particularly the way male patients are treated within the medical system. I thought his narrative would be appropriate to start this Volume. ..Maurice.Graphic: My composition using ArtRage and appearing as the graphic on the thread "Order vs Chaos in Medical Practice"At Sunday, May 06, 2018 3:55:00 PM, Though I am encouraged that many of the contributors to this blog have become activists as regards affording male clients (patients) the same rights as female clients when it comes to mode...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - May 7, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Maurice Bernstein, M.D. Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
The quackademic avalanche: Is it too late for the pebbles to vote?
I’ve documented the infiltration of quackery into academic medicine through the “integration” of mystical and prescientific treatment modalities into medicine. Here, I look at a seemingly small incident, a veritable pebble in the quackademic avalanche. Is it too late for the pebbles to vote?
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Source: Respectful Insolence - April 16, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Bad science Cancer Medicine Naturopathy Quackery Cedars-Sinai complementary and alternative medicine featured integrative medicine quackademic medicine Source Type: blogs
The dubious cancer “ virotherapy ” Rigvir returns with an equally dubious case report
Rigvir is a "virotherapy" from Latvia promoted by the International Virotherapy Center and, increasingly, by alternative cancer clinics. There is no convincing scientific evidence for its efficacy. That didn't stop its advocates from presenting a case report. Not surprisingly, the case report isn't convincing either.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - April 11, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery case report featured International Virotherapy Center Rigvir Source Type: blogs
The “ interstitium ” : Interesting science versus PR spin and pseudoscience
Last week, the media were awash with reports of the "interstitium," which was dramatically described as a hitherto undiscovered "organ," a narrative that was definitely a triumph of PR over science that went beyond what even the investigators claimed in their paper. Worse, the investigators themselves even speculated that their discovery could "explain" acupuncture and other kinds of alternative medicine, thus providing an opening for quacks to run wild with their discovery, something I expect to see very soon.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - April 3, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Biology Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Integrative medicine Science acupressure acupuncture collagen complementary and alternative mediciner featured interstitium lymphatic system Neil Theise quackery Rebecca Wel Source Type: blogs
The deadly false hope of German alternative cancer clinics, part 3: Hallwang Clinic revisited
I've written twice before about German alternative medicine cancer clinics, the quackery they ply, and how they take advantage of desperate cancer patients. Finally, in a disturbing report a journalist has investigated what one of these clinics (Hallwang) does and how such clinics can continue to operate.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - April 2, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Medicine Quackery alternative medicine Farrah Fawcett featured Hallwang Clinic Hallwang Private Oncology Clinic Source Type: blogs
What patients — and doctors — need to know about vitamins and supplements
A recently published clinical guideline on vitamin and mineral supplements reinforces every other evidence-based guideline, research review, and consensus statement on this topic. The bottom line is that there is absolutely no substitute for a well-balanced diet, which is the ideal source of the vitamins and minerals we need.
The brief article, co-authored by nutrition guru Dr. JoAnn Manson, cites multiple large clinical trials studying multiple nutritional supplements’ effects on multiple end points. The gist of it is, our bodies prefer naturally occurring sources of vitamins and minerals. We absorb these better. And be...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Monique Tello, MD, MPH Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Drugs and Supplements Health Healthy Eating Prevention Vitamins and supplements Source Type: blogs
A bad week for homeopathy is a good week for science
It's been a bad week for homeopathy. First, the NHS in the UK has stopped funding homeopathy in London. Then, news stories appeared about research fraud and a retracted clinical trial of homeopathy for cancer in which the investigators had already been arrested. So sad!
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Source: Respectful Insolence - March 14, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Pseudoscience Quackery Aradeep Chatterjee Ashim Chatterjee Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine featured Prince Charles Royal London Homeopathi Source Type: blogs
True believers and scammers in alternative medicine
In the online echo chamber promoting alternative medicine, there are varying degrees of deception. There are true believers (who are often victims), entrepreneurs (who are often true believers who found a profitable business), and scammers. The categories are not mutually exclusive.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - February 26, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery alkaline diet alternative cancer cure testimonial alternative cancer cures belle gibson Brittany Auerbach faith healing featured Mari Lopez Mike Adams scams veganism Source Type: blogs
Quackademic medicine versus being “ science-based ”
A couple of weeks ago, I was interviewed by the a reporter from the Georgetown student newsletter about its integrative medicine program. It got me to thinking how delusion that one’s work is science-based can lead to collaborations with New Age “quantum” mystics like Deepak Chopra. "Integrative medicine" doctors engaging in what I like to refer to as quackademic medicine all claim to be "evidence-based" or "science-based." The words apparently do not mean what integrative medicine academics think they mean.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - February 19, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Bad science Cancer Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Integrative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery acupuncture Aviad Haramati Chopra Center Deepak Chopra featured Georgetown University Hakima Amri homeopathy Source Type: blogs
In Goop Health: An even quackier quackfest of dangerous misinformation than expected
Science advocate and Goop critic Dr. Jen Gunter managed to infiltrate Gwyneth Paltrow's quackfest In Goop Health by hiding in plain sight. (Actually, she just bought a ticket and attended.) What she found was a wretched hive of scum and quackery, plus a psychic who claims that death is not real. In addition to the nonsense, there was a dark side, as well,with quacks promoting the idea that you can cure cancer with thought alone and don't need medication to treat depression.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - January 30, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Integrative medicine Movies Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery Anita Moorjani cold reading Covetton House Drew Barrymore Eben Alexander featured Goop Gwyneth Paltr Source Type: blogs
Fish oil capsules: Net benefits for the heart are limited
Every day, millions of people swallow fish oil capsules, many of them lured by the promise that the pills will help them cast off heart disease. In fact, the label of one popular brand includes the line, “May reduce coronary heart disease risk.”
Don’t take the bait: these bold marketing claims haven’t caught up with the latest science. Earlier this year, the American Heart Association (AHA) issued an updated advisory about fish oil supplements and their cardiovascular benefits. Their verdict: fish oil supplements may slightly lower the risk of dying of heart failure or after a recent heart attack. But they do not p...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - November 24, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Julie Corliss Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Drugs and Supplements Health Heart Health Prevention Source Type: blogs
Celebrate the Holiday, Without the Cancer Advice
Over onCure Magazine, Martha Carlson, who is living with metastatic breast cancer, provides a bit of advice on how to enjoy the holiday, even when confronted by the unwanted offers of ' advice ' from the ' helpful ' friends and family you see at family gatherings. Everyone knows this type of people. They think they know more than you do about how to treat your disease, because:They read something about it onceThey saw something about it on TV or onlineThey are smarter than you and just know these things that your poor brain cells could never have found on your ownThey know someone who had a similar ailment a long time...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - November 23, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: ailments coping family holidays relationships Source Type: blogs
