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IN MY VIEW: American Lung Association Would Rather Smokers Die than Save their Lives "the Wrong Way"
Re-defining the meaning of paternalism, the American Lung Association on Tuesday boldly and unashamedly told smokers that if they quit smoking the wrong way, it doesn't count, essentially condemning the nearly 7 million Americans who are vaping instead of smoking.In a Reuters article, the American Lung Association told the nation's smokers that: "We think there are certainly more and better ways to quit. When you're going to e-cigarettes, you're not quitting, you're switching."The Rest of the StoryThis is perverse paternalism. It is an attempt to so strongly control the lives of smokers that the American Lung Association i...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - May 26, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs

IN MY VIEW: American Lung Association Would Rather Smokers Die than Save their Lives " the Wrong Way "
Re-defining the meaning of paternalism, the American Lung Association on Tuesday boldly and unashamedly told smokers that if they quit smoking the wrong way, it doesn ' t count, essentially condemning the nearly 7 million Americans who are vaping instead of smoking. In a Reuters article , the American Lung Association told the nation ' s smokers that: " We think there are certainly more and better ways to quit. When you ' re going to e-cigarettes, you ' re not quitting, you ' re switching. " The Rest of the Story This is perverse paternalism. It is an attempt to so strongly control the lives of smokers that the Ameri...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - May 26, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs

Yet again, acupuncture does not work for menopausal hot flashes
Arguably, one of the most popular forms of so-called “complementary and alternative medicine” (CAM) being “integrated” with real medicine by those who label their specialty “integrative medicine” is acupuncture. It’s particularly popular in academic medical centers as a subject of what I like to refer to as “quackademic medicine“; that is, the study of pseudoscience…
Source: Respectful Insolence - April 25, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Quackery acupuncture breast cancer hot flashes menopause quackademic medicine Source Type: blogs

A Young Adult Survivor Story: 15 Years in the Making
Nearly 72,000 young adults, ages 15-39, are diagnosed with cancer every year. April is the time when we highlight the unique challenges that young adult cancer survivors face like school, jobs, dating, getting married and having children. Over the years, LIVESTRONG has interviewed thousands of cancer survivors. Many of those survivors were filmed for our website including a woman named Kim Bergeron. Kim applied to become a LIVESTRONG Leader this year and we jumped at the chance to share her survivor story again 15 years in the making. Kim’s 2003 interview with LIVESTRONG LIVESTRONG: We interviewed you in the early 2...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - April 17, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs

Once again, acupuncture doesn’t work for menopausal hot flashes
Of all the forms of quackery that have been “integrated” into medicine of late, arguably one of the most popular is acupuncture. It’s offered in fertility clinics. It’s offered in hospitals and medical clinics all over the place. The vast majority of academic medical centers that have embraced quackademic medicine offer acupuncture. (Quackademic medicine, for…
Source: Respectful Insolence - April 13, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking acupuncture clinical trial hot flashes menopause quackademic medicine Source Type: blogs

CDC Chronic Pain Guidelines: Not so bad, but...
by Tom QuinnIn case you didn’t notice, the US Centers for Disease Control published their long-awaited (dreaded?) “CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.” It made a pretty big splash: Five editorials plus the full Guideline in the online Mar 15 JAMA, front page New York Times feature article, the first hour on NPR’s “Diane Rehm Show,” (Mar 17) and multiple others. It is specifically aimed at primary care prescribers, who write about half of the scripts for opioids in the US. It is intended to “support clinicians caring for patients outside the context of active cancer care or palliative or en...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - March 30, 2016 Category: Palliative Care Tags: CDC ethics opioids pain quinn The profession Source Type: blogs

CMS Releases Final 2017 Letter To Issuers In The Federally Facilitated Marketplaces (Updated)
Implementing Health Reform (March 3 update). On March 3, 2016, the Office of the HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) announced that the ACA has resulted in gains in health insurance coverage of 20 million adults through February 22, 2016. This includes 2.3 million young adults who gained coverage under the ACA provision allowing young adults to remain on their parents’ coverage through age 26, and 17.7 million non-elderly adults who have gained coverage between the beginning of open enrollment in October 2013 and the present. The report shows continued progress since ASPE released its last estimat...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - March 3, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Timothy Jost Tags: Following the ACA Insurance and Coverage Alaska Medicaid expansion QHPs Supreme Court Source Type: blogs

The Secrets of Cancer Survivors
By JAMES SALWITZ, MD Disclaimer: I have never had cancer. Therefore, at the most basic level, I do not have the right to pontificate about dealing with the dread disease. Rather, I have been the servant and support of those that struggle with cancer. I thought it might be of some assistance to share my observations from the other side of the bed rail. Perhaps, their secrets of survival may help you. 1. Cancer is a team sport; do not do this alone. Never show up to an important appointment by yourself. You are dealing with a physical impairment, as well as a complex mental challenge, at the same time that you are frightened...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Simon Nath Tags: THCB James Salwitz Source Type: blogs

More acupuncture Tooth Fairy science as 2015 approaches its end
Several years ago, Harriet Hall coined a term that is most apt: Tooth fairy science. The term refers to clinical trials and basic science performed on fantasy. More specifically, it refers to doing research on a phenomenon before it has been scientifically established that the phenomenon exists. Harriet put it this way: You could measure…
Source: Respectful Insolence - December 29, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Quackery acupressure acupuncture breast cancer pain quackademic medicine Source Type: blogs

CMS Releases Draft 2017 Letter To Issuers In The Federally Facilitated Marketplaces
Implementing Health Reform. On December 23, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its draft 2017 Letter to Issuers in the Federally Facilitated Marketplaces (FFMs). CMS also released a draft bulletin on the timing of rate filing submissions and rate filings for January 1, 2017 non-grandfathered individual and small group plans and a table of key dates for qualified health plan (QHP) certification, rate review, risk adjustment, and reinsurance for 2017. The Draft Letter To Issuers CMS issues a draft letter to FFM insurers (the “draft letter”) late each year following the release of its pro...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - December 24, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Timothy Jost Tags: Following the ACA Medicaid and CHIP Medicare Payment Policy cost-sharing reductions essential community providers Essential Health Benefits Federally Facilitated Marketplace Provider Participation Rate QHPs SHOP exchanges Source Type: blogs

Would you use spray on nail polish? Episode 109
In this study, researchers looked at a variety of products to see how well they repelled mosquitos. Here’s what they found. DEET worked. It provided protection for 240 min or more. And it was dose dependent. More DEET, better protection. The Cutter product with oil of lemon eucalyptus which has a high concentration of p-methane-3-8-diol also worked. This would be a good alternative for people afraid of DEET. Other products like Avon Skin-so-soft bath oil and skin-so-soft with bug guard had practically no effect. Neither did the EcoSmart organic insect repellent which is made up of different oils like rosemary oil, lemong...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - November 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Randy SchuellerDiscover the beauty and cosmetic products you should use and avoid Source Type: blogs

A commercial for acupuncture masquerading as news
I didn’t think I’d be writing about acupuncture again so soon after deconstructing another “bait and switch” acupuncture study less than a week ago. True, the quackery that is acupuncture and the seemingly unending varieties of low quality studies published to make it seem as though there is anything more than nonspecific placebo effects invoked…
Source: Respectful Insolence - September 1, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Naturopathy Quackery acupuncture Atlanta Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine Bill Nelson Biopulsar-Ayurvedic Bioenergetic Screening breast cancer CNN EPFX/Quantum Xrro Source Type: blogs

Acupuncture bait and switch: Hot flash edition
It’s always disappointing to see a good journal fall for bad medicine, particularly when it’s in your field. For example, the Journal of Clinical Oncology (affectionately referred to by its abbreviation JCO) is the official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and probably the most read clinical journal by those involved in…
Source: Respectful Insolence - August 26, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Quackery acupuncture breast cancer electroacupuncture gabapentin hot flashes menopause placebo Source Type: blogs

Acupuncture bait and switch: Electrified hot flash edition
It’s always disappointing to see a good journal fall for bad medicine, particularly when it’s in your field. For example, the Journal of Clinical Oncology (affectionately referred to by its abbreviation JCO) is the official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and probably the most read clinical journal by those involved in…
Source: Respectful Insolence - August 26, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Quackery acupuncture breast cancer electroacupuncture gabapentin hot flashes menopause placebo Source Type: blogs

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

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