Posts Tagged ‘quackery’
Weekend Reading
Links, posts, and articles of interest to SBP readers:
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Tags: detox, health fraud, homeopathy, naturopathy, quackery, vaccines
Is the health care spending tide turning? Unnecessary medical investigations and overtreatment seems to have entered the public consciousness to an extent I can’t recall in the past. More and more, the merits of medical investigations such as mammograms and just this week, PSA tests are being being widely questioned. It’s about time. Previous attempts […]
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Tags: hemocode, osteoporosis, pharmacist professional services, quackery, thermography, yorktest
The Red Flags of Quackery
This compilation made me laugh out loud: From the website Sci-ənce. Nicely done. Anything missing?
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Tags: humour, pseuodscience, quackery, red flags
I grew up in the seventies and can remember some of the food fads well. There was the whole oat bran thing, the fondue set, quiche, Jiffy-Pop, and loooong salad bars at restaurants. And to treat the inevitable weight gain, the apple cider vinegar diet emerged. It was huge for a while, and like other […]
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Tags: apple cider 600, apple cider vinegar, artichoke, dandelion, diet fads, obesity, quackery
