“ 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
Right-to-try: A bait and switch intended to weaken the FDA
On Wednesday, President Trump signed a federal right-to-try bill into law with great fanfare, making extravagant claims for it. It's time to reiterate one last time that right-to-try will not help terminally ill patients but it will strip important protections from them. It's pure snake oil.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - June 1, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Bioethics Medicine Politics Popular culture Skepticism/critical thinking ALEC Americans for Prosperity featured Freedom Partners Goldwater Institute Koch brothers quackery right to try Ron Johnson Stanislaw Burzynski stem cel Source Type: blogs
An unholy combination of methodolatry and quackery apologia —with jade eggs
Meet Dr. Jason Fung. Dr. Fung is unhappy with skeptics and thinks they're hypocrites behaving like religious fanatics. Unfortunately for him, his arguments are a combination of the worst methodolatry of evidence-based medicine combined with rants against conventional medicine and a defense of quackery.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - May 30, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Homeopathy Medicine Naturopathy Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking featured Goop Gwyneth Paltrow Jade Eggs Jason Fung Jen Gunther methodolatry placebo Timothy Caulfield Source Type: blogs
The cruel sham that is federal right-to-try has passed. Let patients beware!
“Right-to-try” laws are a cruel sham that purport to allow terminally ill patients access to promising experimental drugs. In reality, they strip away many protections and leave vulnerable patients on their own. After four years and a number of toothless state laws, a federal version of “right-to-try” has passed Congress and is poised to become law. Once President Trump signs the bill this week, this federal version of “right-to-try” will leave terminally ill patients on their own and will likely be the first step in returning the FDA to its pre-thalidomide state, in which it only required evidence of safety, n...
Source: Respectful Insolence - May 29, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Bad science Bioethics Medicine Politics Popular culture Quackery ALEC Donald Trump fda featured Food and Drug Administration Frank Mongiello Goldwater Institute Jordan McLinn Koch brothers libertarian Matthew Bellina Mike Source Type: blogs
The British Columbia College of Naturopathic Physicians investigates naturopaths using CEASE therapy on autistic children
Naturopathy is quackery. If you doubt this, consider that you can't have naturopathy without homeopathy. What's even worse is when naturopaths subject autistic children to quackery like CEASE therapy. Expecting any naturopathic regulatory board to investigate quackery in naturopathy is the proverbial fox guarding the henhouse.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - May 25, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Autism Homeopathy Medicine Naturopathy Anke Zimmerman British Columbia College of College of Naturopathic Physicians CEASE Complete Elimination of Autism Spectrum Expression featured Naturopaths quackery Source Type: blogs
Helen Lawson and black salve: Cutting, burning, and poisoning “ naturally ”
Cancer quacks frequently characterize conventional treatments for cancer as "cutting, poisoning, and burning." Yet, in Australia a woman with ovarian cancer chose black salve, in essence, "cutting, poisoning, and burning" (but mostly burning and without the cutting) to treat her disease. She died a horrible death. How can black salve still be a thing.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - May 24, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking alternative cancer cure testimonial Belinda Davies black salve bloodroot Cansema Dennis Wayne Jensen escharotic featured Karen Lawson ovarian cancer Stanisla Source Type: blogs
Here we go again. A naturopathic licensure bill stealthily passes the Michigan Senate
Naturopathic licensure is like The Terminator. It never, ever gives up. This time around, it's back in Michigan. Worse, a bill licensing naturopaths has just passed the Michigan Senate and is moving on to the House of Representatives. Can it be stopped?
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Source: Respectful Insolence - May 23, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Homeopathy Naturopathy Politics Quackery American Association of Naturopathic Physicians featured Michigan Academy of Family Practice Michigan Association of Naturopathic Physicians Rick Jones The Terminator Source Type: blogs
Orac basks in the adoration of Gary Null (revised and greatly expanded)
Orac loves to bask in the adulation of his "fans." This time around, one of the old men of quackery, Gary Null, has decided that he really, really doesn't like science-based medicine. Orac was sufficiently amused to revise, update, and expand his previous post providing Null with some not-so-Respectful Insolence.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - May 21, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Cancer Homeopathy Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking featured Gary Null pharmacognosy pharmacology Progressive Radio Network skeptics Tom Jefferson vaccines Source Type: blogs
Michigan Vaccine Freedom Political Action Committee: Promoting antivaccine policies in my state
A childhood friend of mine, who is running for office, forwarded me a questionnaire from the Michigan Vaccine Freedom Political Action Committee. It consisted of questions about whether she would support vaccine "choice" and "freedom." Unfortunately, antivaccine advocacy groups are becoming more influential. Now they're trying to lobby like any other lobbying group.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - May 18, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Politics Pseudoscience Quackery featured Michigan for Vaccine Choice Michigan Vaccine Freedom Political Action Committee vaccines Source Type: blogs
Surprise! Surprise! (Well, actually, no.) Acupuncture does not work for in vitro fertilization
Australian researchers have carried out another randomized clinical trial on acupuncture for in vitro fertilization. Unsurprisingly, it's completely negative. Also unsurprisingly, acupuncturists are not happy and are furiously making excuses.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - May 17, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Integrative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery acupuncture featured in vitro fertilziation infertility ivf traditional Chinese medicine Source Type: blogs
The Supreme Court of Canada grants a new trial to the parents who let Ezekiel Stephan die
David and Collet Stephan were convicted in 2016 for failure to provide the necessities of life for their son Ezekiel Stephan, who died of bacterial meningitis after his parents treated him with natural remedies, supplements, and naturopathy. Unfortunately, as a result of their appeal, the Canadian Supreme Court has granted them a new trial. Predictably, they are claiming vindication. The verdict is nothing of the sort, but will serve as propaganda for quacks for years to come.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - May 16, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Naturopathy Politics Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Collet Stephan David Stephan Ezekiel Stephan featured Supreme Court of Canada Truehope Nutritional Supp Source Type: blogs
PLOS ONE publishes a howler of a bad acupuncture network meta-analysis
Meta-analyses can sometimes suffer from the “GIGO problem” (garbage in, garbage out). The publication of a “crappy” acupuncture “network meta-analysis” for acupuncture and chronic constipation illustrates the GIGO problem on steroids a.nd reveals a problem with peer review at PLOS ONE, where it was published
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Source: Respectful Insolence - May 14, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Bad science Clinical trials Integrative medicine Quackery acupuncture electroacupunture featured meta-analysis PLoS ONE Source Type: blogs
Crowdfunding for unproven stem cell treatments: Taking advantage of the generosity of strangers to pay for quackery
With the rise of quack stem cell clinics, there has been a rise of crowdfunding campaigns to assist patients in paying for expensive stem cell treatments of unproven efficacy. Unfortunately, as a recent study shows, these crowdfunding campaigns nearly always oversell efficacy and ignore potential risks of the treatments, while making powerful emotional appeals.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - May 11, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Computers Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery crowdfunding featured GoFundMe Jeremy Snyder Leigh Turner Simon Fraser University stem cells Valorie Crooks YouCaring Source Type: blogs
The FDA brings the hammer down on two quack stem cell clinics
Last year, the FDA announced a regulatory framework for stem cell clinics, and hopes were raised that it would finally crack down on the hundreds of quack stem cell clinics in the US. Yesterday, the FDA dropped the hammer on two clinics, seeking injunctions in federal court to stop them. Is this the beginning of a real (and long overdue) crackdown on these clinics?
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Source: Respectful Insolence - May 10, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Clinical trials Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Cell Surgical Network Corporation fda featured Food and Drug Administration Mark Berman regulation stem cells U.S. Stem Cell Clinics US Stem Cell Clinics Source Type: blogs
The case of Tan Qindong shows that in China traditional Chinese medicine is big pharma
Proponents of integrating quackery like most traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) into real medicine portray themselves as underdogs being persecuted by big pharma and the FDA. In China, however, the case of Tan Qindong shows that in China TCM is big pharma.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - May 8, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Politics Pseudoscience Quackery Chairman Mao Zedong featured Hongmao Liquor Hongmao Pharmaceutical Company Hongmao Pharmaceuticals Tan Qindong traditional Chinese medicine Source Type: blogs
