Thermography: Worse than useless

28Nov12

Earlier this spring, I described the Choosing Wisely campaign in the United States, an initiative designed to redirect resources away from medical treatments that are useless or harmful. In the spirit of the campaign, I suggested Five Things Pharmacists and Patients Should Question. My list included unvalidated IgG food intolerance blood tests like Hemocode, dubious […]

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Tags: breast cancer, health canada, medical quackery, pseudoscience, thermography, useless tests

CAM for cancer is no alternative

30Aug12

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