by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 3, 2018 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience, Science Based Medicine
Tumeric tastes great but I would question if it was good for anything healthwise. I think much of the hype surrounding Tumeric being good for losing weight, preventing Alzheimer’s, treating diabetes, preventing baldness, treating cancer and more (although to the best...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 16, 2018 | Science Based Medicine
KevinMD on Facebook on Twitter Medicine requires doctors to constantly manage probabilities “I’d really feel better if we got the MRI,” Ms. James said. “I understand you think it’s a migraine, but I want to know, just in case....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 23, 2018 | Science Based Medicine
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 20, 2018 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience, Science Based Medicine
Wow,…THAT. WAS. GREAT. !!! I’ve read and followed Britt Hermes Naturopathic Diaries blog for a while but this is the first time I have heard her speak and I think she ZDoggMD were cooking with gas. I could have taken in another hour of their...
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 | 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 | Mar 28, 2017 | Health, Science, Science Based Medicine
To Quote The Credible Hulk on FaceBook DNA polymerase adds about 1 wrong deoxyribonucleotide per 100k bases during DNA replication. It can also “proofread” and correct many such mistakes, resulting in an error rate around 1 in 10 million bases in...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 31, 2017 | Science, Science Based Medicine, Science Denial
The research linking autism to vaccines is even more bogus than you think The details from investigations into the research are...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 11, 2016 | Mathmatics, Science, Science Based Medicine
It’s time for science to abandon the term ‘statistically significant’ – David Colquhoun | Aeon Essays The aim of science is to establish facts, as accurately as possible. It is therefore crucially important to determine whether an observed...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 26, 2016 | Evolution & Darwinism, Science, Science Based Medicine
This might be the coolest visualization of evolution ever Watch these bacteria evolve antibiotic resistance in just 12 days...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 10, 2016 | Science, Science Based Medicine
31 years ago I got sober via Alcoholics Anonymous but increasingly over the years my doubts regarding it effectiveness and efficacy has grown. This episode of Healthcare Triage was adapted from one of Austin Frakt’s Upshot columns. Links to references and...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 8, 2016 | Agriculture, Climate Change & Global Warming, Global Warming Denial, GMOs, Science, Science Based Medicine, Science Denial
Despite complaints with how last nights NBC Commander-in-Chief Forum was moderated by a limp ineffectual Matt Lauer I still think it was a good thing and should be an important part of future Presidential races. But that said, SHOULDN’T WE ALSO HAVE A SCIENCE...
