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Ben Goldacre is a British physician, journalist, and author of two books I’ve previously reviewed and recommended: Bad Science and Bad Pharma. Ben will be in Canada and the United States next week promoting the North American release of Bad Pharma. Here are a few of the events that are open to the public: Portland […]
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Tags: bad pharma, bad science
It’s nice to be acknowledged for your work, even if it’s just for creating 140 character messages. James Fell who writes for Chatelaine magazine and is also active on Twitter, recently published a list at Chatelaine: The Ten Best Health Experts to Follow on Twitter. And guess who made the list? I’ve been using Twitter […]
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As the trend of fake food allergies and fake food intolerances has begun to permeate pharmacy practice, I’ve become much more attuned to allergy pseudoscience. As I have pointed out before, there are scientific ways to diagnose and treat allergies, and then there are the methods used by “alternative” health practitioners, which are neither accurate […]
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Tags: allergies, allergy treatments, anaphylaxis, bie, BioEnergetic Intolerance Elimination, GSR-120, health fraud, Registered BioEnergetics Practitioners, Registered Holistic Allergist
For those interested, I recently spoke with Karen Stollznow for the Point of Inquiry podcast. What is Point of Inquiry? Point of Inquiry is the premier podcast of the Center for Inquiry, drawing on CFI’s relationship with the leading minds of the day including Nobel Prize-winning scientists, public intellectuals, social critics and thinkers, and renowned […]
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Tags: pharmacy ethics, pharmacy practice, point of inquiry
Thank you to everyone that attended my talk yesterday at Skeptics In the Pub on the topic of Over-The-Counter drugs. I enjoyed the opportunity to speak, and all the discussion it generated. As promised, here’s a list of references and further readings. Some are written by myself, some by my colleagues at Science-Based Medicine or […]
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Tags: skeptics in the pub
Thank you to all the pharmacists that attended my talk today at the Canadian Pharmacists Association conference. As promised, here’s a list of references and further readings. Some are written by myself, some by my colleagues at Science-Based Medicine or other blogs. Some are direct link to the source material.
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Oil of Oregano: Rebottled
Go check out my post today on oil of oregano at Science-Based Medicine. It’s an update (no new evidence, sadly) of a popular older post from this blog.
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Tags: oil of oregano, oreganol, p73
Storm – the movie
The beat poem by Tim Minchin, describing a dinner party conversation with an alternative medicine advocate, is now an animated movie. If you’ve never heard Storm, you’re in for a treat:
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Help Save Cathy
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common rapidly-progressing leukemia in adults. In AML, the bone marrow makes abnormal white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. The consequence is anemia, bleeding risks, and an inability to fight infections. Chemotherapy is the usual initial approach. When it cannot bring a remission, the best treatment option […]
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Tags: AML, Catherine Anagnostopoulos, stem cell transplant
I’m preparing a presentation on the evidence-based use of over-the-counter (OTC) medications. The audience will be pharmacists. Given the breadth of the topic, I’m going to focus on OTC treatment myths – and I’d like your input. What are some myths about OTC medications that refuse to die, despite evidence to the contrary? What conditions, […]
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