“Homeopathy not effective for treating any condition, Australian report finds,” reads a headline in The Guardian this week. Well, that’s hardly news. But it repeats saying anyway. It’s a story about the latest in a series of studies that again and again debunk homeopathy as a treatment and conclude it is
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Dead Wild Roses: Belief in Anti-Vaccination Makes You Dangerous (and Stupid).
We have a newspaper of record of sorts here in Alberta. I’ll be quoting from the Edmonton Journal to cover the amazing amount of stupid it takes to somehow think that vaccines are linked to autism. 1. They are not. [Pubmed, Google Scholar.] 2. See #1. “One in five Albertans
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Helpful Infographic – Painkillers.
A few bits of information on the assortment of pain medication available to us. See the PDF here in all its bigness. Filed under: Medicine Tagged: Helpful Infographics, Medicine, Painkilers
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Central Dogma of Alternative Medicine – Dr. David Gorski
Orac brings the pain to the masters(?) of woo. Filed under: Media, Medicine, Science Tagged: Alternative Medicine, CAM, Magic, Reiki, Woo
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Traditional Woo – Endangering Children in Canada
Just like using Vitamin C to treat cancer… “It’s a case that has Canadians and the legal community buzzing. Earlier this month Ontario Judge Gethin Edward ruled in favour of a First Nations girl and her family, who stopped chemotherapy to treat her acute lymphoblastic leukemia, choosing traditional medicine instead. The judge rejected
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: The Ebola Panic
Ebola has gripped the imagination of North American media and been spun into a terrifying spectre looming like a horseman of the apocalypse over us. So widespread has it become that Jenny McCarthy, one of the top wingnuts of quackery and pseudomedicine, and poster girl for the pro-measles-pro-mumps parents, felt compelled
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Morcellator Madness – Imagine A Mechnical Cancer Sprinkler in Your Abdominal Cavity
The FDA and Health Canada are deliberating on the safety of this procedure for women. I was listening to CBC yesterday and heard this piece, and shuddered at the implications. Here’s the blurb from the podcast. “Health Canada warns surgery using a morcellator could spread undetected cancer, Amy Reed &
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Community Mailbox Scandal and the Doctor’s Revolt
As you probably know, from now on in Harperland if you're old or disabled, or can't walk for miles or clamber over a snow drift to get to your ugly new community mailbox.If you want home delivery, you have to get a doctor's note.Not CONada Post says because they don't
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Harper Regime’s War on the Wounded Children of Gaza
The other day I told you about a tiny candle of decency in the darkness that is Gaza.Ontario's plan to bring wounded children to be treated in the province's hospitals. The Ontario government is willing to provide medical care to 100 injured children from Gaza, it said Tuesday – several days after
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: News Flash For the Calgary Doctor: Medicine is Evidence Based. (!)
What the hell is this? Am I living in the US or something? This story broke on on CBC radio June 27th, and listening to what happened I filled this news tid-bit safely under the “smart people doing stupid things” category. The tale of this doctor’s mixed up medical ethos
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: News Flash For the Calgary Doctor: Medicine is Evidence Based. (!)
What the hell is this? Am I living in the US or something? This story broke on on CBC radio June 27th, and listening to what happened I filled this news tid-bit safely under the “smart people doing stupid things” category. The tale of this doctor’s mixed up medical ethos
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Day of Decision
Well the day of decision is finally here. The day Stephen Harper must decide whether to approve the Northern Gateway Pipeline.And no doubt he is psyching himself up in his bunker, by among other things reminding himself that David Suzuki was on that list of Canadian heroes I wrote about
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Business of Smoking
Another reason why we need more science and not less in the world. Where smoking has been accurately depicted as hazardous to your health and society the rate goes down. Other places, not so much. [Source:Al Jazeera] Filed under: Medicine, Science Tagged: Government Regulations, Medical Science, Public Health, Smoking
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: Is silver safe as a medicine?
The short answer to that headline question – based on everything I’ve read of late – is no. It’s not that silver has no medical uses – one form has been used in dressings and bandages as an antiseptic (not, as is sometimes claimed, an antibiotic). Silver nitrate is sometimes used to
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Welcome Back Polio…
Many thanks to anti-vaxers and of course the CIA for doing the stupid shite they are famous for and making the world a worse place in the process. Filed under: Medicine, Science Tagged: Medicine, Polio, Science
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: World Immunization Week – April 24th – 30th
A helpful infographic from the WHO. Filed under: Education, Medicine, Science Tagged: DWR PSA, Immunization Week, WHO
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: World Immunization Week – April 24th – 30th
A helpful infographic from the WHO. (having trouble reading the poster? “control + and control – ” may be able to help you out check the large version) Filed under: Education, Medicine, Science Tagged: DWR PSA, Immunization Week, WHO
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: What do we know about Bell’s Palsy?
Bell’s Palsy is one of those rare ailments, and one that annoys more than threatens, but can be difficult and socially awkward for sufferers. It’s also one that still baffles researchers as to its cause. And also for an effective treatment. According to facialpalsy.org, The name ‘Bell’s palsy’ comes from
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Xenophobics out to get Chinese-language Acupuncturists AKA Idiots volunteering to be discriminatory, racist idiots
Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine that Canadians have the PRIVILEGE of using as an alternative medicine. But some idiots who VOLUNTEER to see an acupuncturist wants to enforce […]
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Con War on Medicare
He has waited a long time to make his move. From the day he was first elected with the support of a group that was founded to kill medicare.He had to restrain himself for so many years. But it was always going to be the biggest, bloodiest, and most prized
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