Blogs about: Cranks And Quacks

How much woo can one doc do?7 comments

PalMD wrote 7 months ago: Apparently quite a bit. I never got around to the follow-up piece I promised on Dr. Russell Blayloc … more »

Tags: BEST OF, health, Medicine, Quackery, Vaccination, woo

Cult medicine requires denialism8 comments

PalMD wrote 4 months ago: Denialsim, defined in detail elsewhere, is an interesting phenomenon. It makes use of uniquely huma … more »

Tags: cult medicine, Denialism, health, Medicine, woo

Repost---why chiropractic is patently ridiculous37 comments

PalMD wrote 4 months ago: I am often asked my opinion of chiropractic care. My usual answer (based on evidence) is that it ca … more »

Tags: cult medicine, health, Medicine, Quackery, woo

Chiropractic and hypertension: Uncracked potential?35 comments

PalMD wrote 4 months ago: A recent commenter advocated quite voceferously for chiropractic, specifically citing its supposed b … more »

Tags: cult medicine, health, Medicine, woo

Stick with me here...1 comment

PalMD wrote 4 months ago: In a confluence of stupidity, the crank “journal” JPANDS is hosting an article by Andrew … more »

Tags: Culture Wars, Fundamentalism, health, Medicine

Another victim of cult medicine23 comments

PalMD wrote 4 months ago: But this time it was non-fatal. A patient came to see me. He’s middle-aged, generally quite … more »

Tags: cult medicine, health, Medicine, Quackery, woo

Newsflash! Mercola bemoans ignorance of Americans! Offers to help for only $25/month!8 comments

PalMD wrote 4 months ago: This is rich. This is really rich. Mercola is speaking out against the one thing that keeps him in b … more »

Tags: Medicine, woo, health, cult medicine

More whining from AAPS14 comments

PalMD wrote 4 months ago: As I’ve mentioned before, I’m an internist. After finishing my residency, I could have … more »

Tags: health, Medicine

Autism "epidemic" and my mail bag24 comments

PalMD wrote 4 months ago: Others have written about the so-called autism epidemic, and have deconstructed the numbers that mak … more »

Tags: cult medicine, health, Medicine, Vaccination, woo

More JPANDS lies---Godwin, here we come9 comments

PalMD wrote 4 months ago: Once again, JPANDS, the mouthpiece of the AAPS, has it all wrong. The contradictory missions of … more »

Tags: cult medicine, Fundamentalism, health, Medicine, Quackery, woo, BPSDP

HIV causes AIDS---I'll tell you how!4 comments

PalMD wrote 4 months ago: I recently gave you a short primer on the immunology of vaccines. It’s time now for another s … more »

Tags: cult medicine, health, Medicine, Vaccination

Friday must-read

PalMD wrote 4 months ago: FromĀ  Science-Based Medicine, Kimball Atwood gives us a wonderful addition to theĀ literature decon … more »

Tags: cult medicine, health, Homeopathy, Medicine, Quackery, Vaccination

This is soooo boring!3 comments

PalMD wrote 4 months ago: At least, it might be if you’re not in a medical field, but bear with me. The latest issue of … more »

Tags: health, medical ethics, Medicine

Sunscreen kills!!! OK, not really...59 comments

PalMD wrote 4 months ago: But according to NewsTarget (or whatever-the-hell they call themselves now), and Joe Mercola, there … more »

Tags: cult medicine, health, Medicine, Quackery, woo, BPSDB

On the bat-shit insanewagon---McCain sides with the anti-vaxers12 comments

PalMD wrote 4 months ago: I know that politics requires compromise, but scientific truth should be a bit more immutable. By w … more »

Tags: cult medicine, health, Medicine, Vaccination

A quick morgellons ref for you

PalMD wrote 4 months ago: Just a quick reference. I was reading up on the multiple quacks who claim to treat “morgellon … more »

Tags: Medicine, health, cult medicine, morgellons

Reaching for the woo---vaccines cause everything bad!4 comments

PalMD wrote 4 months ago: I shouldn’t have done it. But I couldn’t help myself. I went over to Joe Mercola’s … more »

Tags: cult medicine, health, Medicine, Vaccination, woo

More-gellons26 comments

PalMD wrote 4 months ago: It looks like Randy Wymore is finally trying to come up with some useful criteria to evaluate so-cal … more »

Tags: cult medicine, health, Medicine, woo, morgellons

JPANDS and HIV denialsim9 comments

PalMD wrote 4 months ago: JPANDS, the mouthpiece of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, is a well-known orga … more »

Tags: health, Medicine, woo, BPSDB


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