Posts Tagged ‘quackademic medicine’
A few weeks ago I blogged about an upcoming “Natural Health Products” symposium that’s being held at the University of Toronto’s Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy. The agenda raises a number of skeptical red flags, including topics like the efficacy of herbals for H1N1,and natural health products for menopausal symptoms (which I’ve called the power […]
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Tags: education, pharmacy practice, quackademic medicine
One step forward… Well it seems our feedback to the University of Toronto about the upcoming Autism One conference has had an effect. As I noted earlier, Autism One is hosting a conference on autism in Toronto in October. The original brochure listed boldly that the conference was being presented with the Dalla Lana School […]
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Tags: autism, homeopathy, quackademic medicine
Well, it seems that quackademic medicine is being embraced by my alma mater, the University of Toronto. Yesterday someone tipped me off to a program hosted by the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and sponsored by the SickKids Foundation of the Hospital for Sick Children. The program is the AutismOne/Autism Canada Conference, “Changing the […]
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Tags: autism, homeopathy, quackademic medicine, vaccines
Autism Quackfest Hits the Media
It was bound to happen. And I’m glad to have done my part. I’ve been blogging since August about the questionable judgment of the SickKids Foundation for their support of rank pseudoscience at the upcoming AutismOne Conference, Changing the Course of Autism. It’s now a national story in Canada. Tom Blackmore, of the National Post, […]
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Tags: autism, quackademic medicine, sickkids