Thanks to everyone for your kind comments about the recent bad news about our dog. (Even someone who really detests me because of my position on the vaccine/autism issue was in this instance kind.) I don't know if I'll feel much like blogging for a while; on the other hand, blogging has been therapeutic for me in the past when bad things happen, even if I don't actually write about them. …
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Respectful Insolence
A repository for the ramblings of a pseudonymous surgeon/scientist concerning an evidence-based approach to medicine and quackery, science and pseudoscience, history and pseudohistory, politics, and anything else that interests him.
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Sorry, no woo for you today. Or: Cancer isn't just for humans
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2008/07/hemangiosarcoma_canine_dog.phpToday is Friday, which has normally meant for the last two years that it's the time every week when I poke fun at some particularly outrageous woo. Indeed. I even had a great idea for a 4th of July-themed post today that (I hope) would have been hilarious. I had even started to write a bit of it a couple of nights ago. …
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The 90th Meeting of the Skeptics' Circle: Coming at you from Down Under
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2008/07/the_90th_meeting_of_the_skeptics_circle.phpThe 90th Meeting of the Skeptics' Circle: Coming at you from Down Under Category: Announcements • Blog carnivals • Skeptics' Circle Better late than never (for me to announce it, I mean), the 90th Meeting of the Skeptics' Circle has descended upon the blogosphere from Down Under, this time brought …
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Austin Dwi Lawyer
http://my.zestead.com/austindwilawyerhearty endorsement of Cthulhu's 2008 run for the White House. No More Years! And finally, Orac over at Respectful Insolence bemoans yet another loss to the forces of woo: apparently some states, with Vermont the most prominant amongst them, are starting to require insurance companies to pay for the "evidence-free medicine" of naturopathy. Lest you think that such errant nonsense couldn't possibly hurt you, Orac points out that it's a move that will kick you right in the pocketbook: I don't know about you, but if I were paying into an insurance plan, and the company administering that
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Blog Shorts: Bush Smears Jefferson, Colson Smears Atheists, Cthulhu Smears Your Entrails Across Campaign Trail
http://badidea.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/blog-shorts-bush-sme...s 2008 run for the White House. No More Years! And finally, Orac over at Respectful Insolence bemoans yet another loss to the forces of woo: apparently some states, with Vermont the most prominant amongst them, are starting to require insurance companies to pay for the “evidence-free medicine” of naturopathy. Lest you think that such errant nonsense couldn’t possibly hurt you, Orac points out that it’s a move that will kick you right in the pocketbook: I don’t know about you, but if I were paying into an insurance plan, and the company
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What They Were Saying: Patriots
http://revolutionredux.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/what-they-we...Here are some you may not know about, but who have a web presence and now you can be introduced: John Carr, Paul Cox, Don Brown, Jack Balkin, Marty Lederman, Sandy Levinson, Glenn Greenwald, Retired Military Patriot, ondelette, Digby, Orac, The Pump Handle scientists, Valtin, Dave Neiwert, Sara Robinson, James, Josh Marshall, Jason Leopold, Ann Telnaes, Tony Auth, Lee Camp, Avedon Carol, Sid Schwab, Marcy Wheeler, Cocktailhag, pow wow,
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Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears [Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)]
http://newage.org/2008/07/05/curse-bless-me-now-with-your-fi...not gotten over the deaths of several of my pets (and cannot even say their names aloud), years and years later. So I empathize strongly with my friend and colleague, Orac, a surgical oncologist, who is facing an impending loss of a family member — to cancer. Please go there and provide him a little comfort. Read the rest of this post… | Read the comments on this post…
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MedBlog Power 8
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/07/medblog-power-8_05.htmlhas been deserving of the top Power 8 spot for last few weeks. 2) Musings of a Distractible Mind (4): I enjoy reading Dr. Rob's primary care insights and tips he shares from the examining room. Like this insightful post on treating obese patients. 3) Respectful Insolence (5): Join the eternal battle of science versus woo. Woo seems to be winning, but it's not because of Orac, who this week takes on Andrew Weil. 4) Health Beat (2): Maggie Mahar and friends continue their weekly evisceration of the health care system.
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Anti-choice "expertise"
http://drdawgsblawg.blogspot.com/2008/07/anti-choice-experti...polemic. This is sloppiness at best, dishonesty at worst. Her credentials as a "former medical researcher" speak for themselves. And so, quite frankly, do her credentials as a journalist. UPDATE: Reader Eamon Knight drew my attention to this good and proper fisking of the JPANDS abortion/breast cancer "study."
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Anti-choice "expertise"
http://cathiefromcanada.blogspot.com/2008/07/anti-choice-exp...dishonesty at worst. Her credentials as a "former medical researcher" speak for themselves. And so, quite frankly, do her credentials as a journalist. UPDATE: Eamon Knight pointed me to a comprehensive fisking of JPANDS' abortion/breast cancer "study" here.
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Sorry, no woo for you today. Or: Cancer isn't just for humans [Respectful Insolence]
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2008/07/hemangiosarcoma_ca...Today is Friday, which has normally meant for the last two years that it's the time every week when I poke fun at some particularly outrageous woo. Indeed. I even had a great idea for a 4th of July-themed post today that (I hope) would have been hilarious. I had even started to write a bit of it a couple of nights ago. Then real life intervened, and I didn't feel the least bit like humor last
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Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears
http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/07/curse_bless_me...a companion animal, but honestly, nothing could be farther from reality. I still have not gotten over the deaths of several of my pets (and cannot even say their names aloud), years and years later. So I empathize strongly with my friend and colleague, Orac, a surgical oncologist, who is facing an impending loss of a family member -- to cancer. Please go there and provide him a little comfort. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
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Reason I Hate Oprah #1
http://rantingdaddy.blogspot.com/2008/07/reason-i-hate-oprah...it's a 21-day detox diet. Detox diets are largely a waste of time. You can read this 2005 article from the BBC and this 1997 Quackwatch piece for more info. But The Cleanse is just the most recent stupidity Oprah has espoused. It's nothing compared to having the deluded Jennie McCarthy on her show to spew insanity about vaccines and autism. I don't think I can add much to what Orac says in that link. I will mention that if someday Oprah has McCarthy back on her show to attack her the way she did with James Frey, and to talk about the "betrayal" she feels upon realizing how much of
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