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...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 19, 2016 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience
Nature: Measuring Rat Screams with Hierarchical Micro/Nano-Porous Acupuncture Needles Harriet Hall invented the term Tooth Fairy Science doing research on a phenomenon before establishing that the phenomenon exists. Which describes the bulk of the research done on...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 26, 2016 | Alternative Medicine
How “Traditional Chinese Medicine” Is Pushing Species to Extinction Science shows that most of today’s “traditional Chinese medicine” is simple quackery. But another consequence of the global “traditional medicine” industry...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 26, 2016 | Alternative Medicine
Chairman Mao Invented Traditional Chinese Medicine. But He Didn’t Believe in It. Why did the U.S. Senate unwittingly endorse 1950s Chinese Communist Party propaganda? In case you missed it, Oct. 7-13 was designated Naturopathic Medicine Week, according to a...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 25, 2016 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience
How “Traditional Chinese Medicine” Is Pushing Species to Extinction Science shows that most of today’s “traditional Chinese medicine” is simple quackery. But another consequence of the global “traditional medicine” industry...
