Archive for August, 2012
It’s the Labour Day Long Weekend! Here in Canada, the water is low, the leaves are starting to change colour, and it’s time to go back to school. Enjoy the last few hours of summer. Here’s a few articles of interest, and some topic updates:
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Tags: coenzyme q10, homeopathy, naturopathy, neti pots
CAM for cancer is no alternative
One of the themes I’ve emphasized in many posts on this blog is that every treatment decision requires an evaluation of risks and benefits. No treatment is without some sort of risk: Even a decision to decline treatment has its own risks. And when a treatment has no demonstrable benefits, the risks factor more significantly […]
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Tags: breast cancer, cam, cancer, supplements
Weekend Reading
If you like the content at Science-Based Pharmacy, you may like these articles and posts:
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For a blog established to examine the role of science in pharmacy practice, I’ve given a disproportionate amount of attention to homeopathy. Which is frustrating, because homeopathy is not something that pharmacists, or the pharmacy profession, should even need to discuss. Unlike herbal remedies, and some supplements, there isn’t even any science to discuss. As […]
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Tags: health canada, homeopathy, natural health products directorate, pharmacy ethics, pharmacy practice, pharmacy regulation, university of Toronto
Here’s a scenario I encountered that will be familiar to many pharmacists. It starts with a customer seeking advice at the counter: “My doctor says I have prediabetes. I don’t want to take any drugs. Do you have something natural I can use to cut my blood sugar?” I looked at him in the eye, […]
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Tags: cinnamon, diabetes, naturalistic fallacy
You may consider yourself a critical thinker and scientific skeptic, but do you have any blind spots? I’ve had a skeptical perspective for a long time (my teenage cynicism wasn’t just a phase) but the framework for my thinking has developed over years. Professionally, the blind spot that the pharmacy profession has towards supplements and […]
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Tags: alex hutchinson, alternative medicine, book reviews, health fraud, naturopathy, timothy caulfield
