by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 16, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience, Science
A recent article in Business Insider is an encouraging sign that skepticism about the supplement industry is starting to go mainstream. The Supplement Con A recent article in Business Insider is an encouraging sign that skepticism about the supplement industry is...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 14, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience, Science Based Medicine
Alternative medicine kills cancer patients Alternative medicine, by definition, consists medicine that either has not been shown to work or has been shown not to work. To paraphrase an old adage yet again, medicine that has been shown to work with an acceptable...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 21, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience
Great for UK’s NHS! Our FDA now requires labeling that essentially says: “Homeopathy is a waste of money since it doesn’t do shit because there is nothing in it”. I certainly hope there aren’t any insurance companies that pay out for...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 8, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Critical Thinking, Pseudoscience
“The very concept of alternative medicine exists to create a double standard where the rules of science and evidence are stood on their head specifically to manufacture the result that is desired by cranks, charlatans, snake-oil salesmen, and self-proclaimed...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 4, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Health, Pseudoscience, Science, Science Based Medicine, What I'm Reading
I got in a FaceBook discusion (an argument) about the effectiveness of Chiropractic the other day when I posted a video of Dr Stephen Novella where he takes it down and I called it “Chiro-quackery” and at best it might be considered physical therapy and/or overpriced...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 1, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience
Dr. Steven Novella on what I call “Chiro-quackery”. At best it might be considered physical therapy and/or overpriced massage and at it’s worst it’s pure bullshit and quackery. Most of this bone alignment shit is a myth. A chiropractor will tells you your...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 23, 2017 | Alternative Medicine
The Questionist “The very concept of alternative medicine exists to create a double standard where the rules of science and evidence are stood on their head specifically to manufacture the result that is desired by cranks, charlatans, snake-oil salesmen, and...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 18, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience
There aren’t any… via David McAffee on Facebook Crystals really don’t do shit. Except for dilithium crystals. They can power starships across the universe. I learned this watching Stat Trek. No really, I was joshing ya’,…crystals really...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 5, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience
In a nutshell this is why I think is useless nonsense in under 5...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 22, 2016 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience
The new reigning King of Bullshit Internet Health Memes David Avocado Wolfe isn’t slowing down. This week via FaceBook I stumbled upon one of his more recent pieces of bullshit advice where he is advising and advocation wrapping your joints in cabbage when you...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 21, 2016 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience
It was great when just the other day when we learned… “…all homeopathic drugs will now have to come with a label clearly explaining that “there is no scientific evidence that the product works and [that] the product’s claims are based only on...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 7, 2016 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience
Deepak Chopra likes me! He really, really likes me! (Well, not really…) Orac is currently hiding from the Federation in an undisclosed location (somewhere warm and out of the country, the better to avoid election news after having cast an absentee ballot), where...
