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College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario seeks input from members about policy changes for non-evidenced-based therapies.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 1, 2021 Source:Docs cry foul over proposed CPSO policy changes for alternative medicine
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Sunday House Call, #757, September 20, 2020: Why respectful debunking of pseudoscience is important. A conversation with Jonathan Jarry (@CrackedScience) from the @McGillOSS
Sunday House Call, #757, September 20, 2020: Why respectful debunking of pseudoscience is important. A conversation with Jonathan Jarry (@CrackedScience) from the @McGillOSS The McGill Office for Science and Society or McGill OSS (@McGillOSS) is one of my go to websites with respect to analysis of scientific discoveries, hypotheses, reviews of science reporting, and areas…
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Sunday House Call, #737, May 3, 2020: The “#Infodemic”. A conversation with @CaulfieldTim about the explosion of #COVID19 pandemic misinformation.
Sunday House Call, #737, May 3, 2020: : The “Infodemic”. A conversation with Tim Caulfield about the explosion of COVID19 pandemic misinformation. Although snakeoil, the peddlers of scientific misinformation, and conspiracy theorists have been aplenty prior to the pandemic, it seems to have entered hyperdrive now. Many who promote evidenced-based principles are working overtime to…
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Netflix addition of “The GOOP Lab” is another example of normalizing/legitimizing pseudoscience and a blatant example of conflict of interest given Paltrow’s business gets a huge advertising audience
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 8, 2019 Source:‘The Goop Lab’: Why health experts are concerned about Gwyneth Paltrow’s new show
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Reconsider this speaker’s location when you want to play music to your unborn child. A lullaby to pseudoscience.
Health Headlines Commentary for April 23, 2019 Source: You Can Now Buy Speakers For Your Vagina
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Sunday House Call, #556, December 13, 2015: The Quackist’s Hypocrisy
Sunday House Call, #556, December 13, 2015: The Quackist’s Hypocrisy Topics today include: An excellent article in Forbes about the The Toxic ‘Chemical Hypocrisy’ Of Food Babe, Joseph Mercola And Mark Hyman Your calls about cholesterol and blood pressure management, treating varicose veins, cervical disk bulge causing nerve compression, and the initial workup of…
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Afternoon Edition – Wednesday House Call April 1, 2015 : The Quackery Edition
Afternoon Edition – Wednesday House Call April 1, 2015 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss teh latest health stories of the week. Today: 1) Citing GermanWings story. When and what is a doctor obligated to tell authorities about? For example, revoking drivers licenses (e.g. elderly drivers)? Applying for firearms? A gunshot wound? What…