Posts Tagged ‘naturopathy’
Weekend Reading
Here’s what’s keeping this pharmacist engaged and sometimes outraged: Health Canada explicitly puts the financial interests of homeopathy manufacturers above broader public health goals. From the BC Medical Journal, Health Canada licenses homeopathic vaccines: Remarkably, at the same time as Health Canada focuses on influenza education, flu shots, and other proven prevention measures, that same […]
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Tags: CCSVI, GMOs, health canada, homeopathy, naturopathy, public health, vaccines
Weekend Reading
Links, posts, and articles of interest to SBP readers:
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Tags: detox, health fraud, homeopathy, naturopathy, quackery, vaccines
Health and insurance plans usually cover the cost of anti-inflammatory drugs. But what about acupuncture? Should it be an insured benefit? How about chiropractic? Health insurance providers and medicare programs worldwide are scrutinizing health spending. Devoting dollars to one area (say, hospitals) is effectively a decision not to spend on something else, (perhaps public health […]
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Tags: acupuncture, chiropractic, energy therapy, homeopathy, naturopathy
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
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
I can’t keep up with Dr. Oz. Just when I thought the latest weight loss miracle was raspberry ketone, along comes another panacea promising results with no effort. This time, it’s green coffee beans. Everyone knows Dr. Oz, now. Formerly a guest on Oprah, he’s got his own show which he’s built into what’s probably […]
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Tags: dr. oz, green coffee, medical quackery, naturopathy, obesity, supplements, weight loss
Imagine your pharmacy features a blood pressure measurement device. It has never worked correctly. Sometimes it give incorrect high results, suggesting hypertension. In other patients it misses hypertension completely. You’ve been advised by hypertension experts that this particular model isn’t accurate and shouldn’t be offered to consumers. Despite this, you continue to promote it to […]
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Tags: cmaj, food allergy, food intolerance tests, food sensitivity, foodscan, hemocode, IgG blood tests, metro morning, naturopath, naturopathy, pharmacy ethics, pharmacy practice, rexall, yorktest
New Concerns Raised about Naturopath Prescribing A large coalition of seven Canadian allergy organizations recently wrote to the British Columbia Minister of Health, George Abbott, protesting the plan to allow naturopaths to perform allergy testing and treatment. See their letter here. (PDF) They make important comments about the serious potential impact on individual health as […]
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Tags: homeopathy, naturopathy
Quick Update
When I started this blog, my goal was to post at least every two weeks with quality content. I’ve just come back from a major conference, followed by a few days off, where I tried to think about pharmacy as little as possible. Now I’m back, and have a hectic day job to keep me […]
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Tags: acupuncture, bioident, bioidentical, homeopathy, hrt, naturopathy, oprah, pharmacy practice
