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No CAM Degrees in Israel
I stumbled across an article in the Israeli newspaper Haaraetz indicating that Council for Higher Education, the national accrediting body for higher education, has declined to permit complementary and alternative medicine programs to offer academic degrees. According to the article: … Continue reading
Posted in Law, Regulation, and Politics
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Why Incompatible CAM Theories Aren’t
I am often struck by what I consider one of the great mysteries of CAM: how theories and approaches that are mutually inconsistent and incompatible are unified under the CAM umbrella without any apparent notice being taken of their mutually … Continue reading
Who Says Skeptics Aren’t Fun?
A 9-minute beat poem of rationalism and skepticism. Who says skeptics aren’t funny?! 🙂
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The End of Chiropractic? Of Course Not.
At last, the definitive nail in the coffin of chiropractic? Hardly. A recent study in the journal Chiropractic and Osteopathy uses an epidemiological approach to examine the question of whether the founding “lesion” of the chiropractic philosophy, the vertebral subluxation, … Continue reading
Posted in Chiropractic
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Benefits & Risks of Neutering–What does the science say?
Many pet owners have questions about neutering their pet dogs and cats, and while there is much useful information available on the Internet, there is also much misinformation. I have composed a literature review looking at the benefits and risks … Continue reading
Posted in Science-Based Veterinary Medicine
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Homeopathy Works for Arthritis–Or Maybe Not
I recently ran across an article in the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM) titled Evaluating Complementary Therapies for Canine Osteoarthritis–Part II: A homeopathic Combination Preparation (Zeel) (Hielm-Bjorkman, A et al 2009:6(4)465-471). According to the authors, “a homeopathic combination … Continue reading
Posted in Homeopathy
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Internet Information — The Good, Bad, and Ugly
As we all know, the Internet is a mixed blessing. It makes enormous amounts of information easily and cheaply available to billions of people. Unfortunately, not all information is created equal, and sometimes bad information is worse than none. Contrary … Continue reading
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Skeptical Media
Yes, I’ll take the credit for seeing this one first. 🙂 The New York City Skeptics blog Gotham Skeptic has a post about recent pro-science articles appearing in the mainstream media. The post suggests we might finally be emerging from what a … Continue reading
CAM Tries to Cash in on Swine Flu (H1N1) Fears
As I’ve pointed out before, the image of CAM providers as selfless promoters of health without the venal concerns for profit of mainstream medicine and Big Pharma is advertising spin, not reality. A nice example of that has been the … Continue reading
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