Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
For rather obvious reasons I’m posting some basic guidance. There is of course plenty of very good advice and guidance from many sources. In this case, I’m shamelessly cutting and pasting directly from the CDC. Why them? Because they are the subject matter experts. Right now is the time we should pay very close attention … Read more
Why do some find alternative medicine quackery more attractive than well-proven mainstream medicine, and what can be done to address that?
“perineum sunning” is a hot new craze. Letting the sun shine where it usually does not is really not a good idea. Claims made for this are BS
Proposed Ohio bill dictates that doctors must follow a medical prodedure that does not exist or instead go to jail for as long as 15 years.
Alternative medicine is tagged “alternative” because it an intervention that has been demonstrated to not actually do anything medical beyond the placebo effect. Examples abound and include things such as Homeopathy, Reiki, etc… Let’s briefly review those. Examples of Alternative Medicine Homeopathy, dreamed up in 1792. It involves giving you a diluted substance to supposedly … Read more
It is perhaps now being increasingly appreciated by many people that Homeopathy is utter nonsense and does not work, and yet it has been granted accreditation by the UK’s Government run PSA (Professional Standards Authority). As a quick bit of background, just to be clear, homeopathy really is a sham and does not work … … Read more
