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Sysiphus Speaks

Mark Crislip

The Podcast of the Society for Science-Based Medicine

science & medicine

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Sisyphus Speaks 354: Acupuncture is theatrical...

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There is Tinker Bell effect, where “things that are thought to exist only because people believe in them.”

Sisyphus Speaks 353: Corrigendum. The Week in Review....

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Drinking hydrogen peroxide kills. Homeopaths don't care if their nostrums kill children. Acupuncture is placebo. But you knew that. Saudi Arabia bans reiki for the damnedest reasons. Eating placentas. And more.

Sisyphys Speaks 352: When IRBs Fail, Babies Suffer

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Every time I read a pediatric acupuncture study I realize just how broken the IRB system is when it come to protecting vulnerable populations from being abused by pseudo-medical providers.

Sisyphus Speaks 351: Chiropractic education: the...

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The issue is a basic one: what is chiropractic? Because various factions have very different views on the answer to that question, the challenges in drafting a set of rules for chiropractic education that everyone can agree upon are understandably formidable.

Sisyphus Speaks 350: Corrigendum. The Week in Review....

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FDA confirms elevated levels of belladonna in certain homeopathic teething products. Homeopaths prove water not toxic to fish. Lots of acupuncture recommendations, little good data. Legislative alchemy with Jann Bellamy. Everything is CAM. And more.

Sisyphus Speaks 349: 110 Years ago

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Nothing brings it home like numbers. Today I came across the US mortality statistics from 1905.

Sisyphus Speaks 348: BS (Blood Stasis) Syndrome

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What, you may ask, is BS? My first hit on Google says Simply put, it means the flow of Blood is slowed down and brought to a static state. We call that clot in medicine. Normally, Blood is stored in the Liver WTF? and propelled by the Heart Qi to flow through the body.

Sisyphus Speaks 347: The Week in Review 01.22.16

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Liver toxicity from herbs. Popped lungs from acupuncture. Chiropractic does not help scoliosis. Yoga is just exercise. There are eight kinds of wind: Great Feathery Wind, Scheming Wind, Hard Wind, Great Hard Wind, Ferocious Wind, Infant’s Wind, Feathery Wind and, yes, Breaking Wind. And more.

Sisyphus Speaks 346: Oregon Naturopaths as Primary...

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There is a shortage of primary care providers in Oregon. The wrong solution is paying providers who are educated in pseudo-science, trained in pseudo-science and practice pseudo-science. As Simon Singh noted, just because there are issues with the airlines does not mean we should use magic carpets.

Sisyphus Speaks 345: Oregon moves to restrict...

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As it turns out, direct entry midwife and naturopath-assisted "natural childbirth" is a lot like naturopathic practice in general: feel-good theater versus actual education, training, demonstrated competence and better results. This may not make always make a difference when you're dealing with the worried well. But when two lives are on the line all at once, I'll go with results over atmospherics any day. Apparently, the state of Oregon is starting to agree.

Sisyphus Speaks 344: Corrigendum. Week in review....

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Haemophilus influenzae b deaths in the unvaccinated. The Cleveland Clinic's Dr. Neides beloved by the anti-vaccine. Naturopaths get more unjustified practice expansion in Mass. Legislative update. Chiropractic does not work for shoulder pain. 80% of Chinese literature is fabricated. Homeopaths torture cats. Parasites like milk. And more.

Sisyphus Speaks 343: Michigan PTs oppose...

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Michigan chiropractors support a bill (House Bill 4712; more information here) allowing them to prescribe physical therapy for their patients. Physical therapists oppose the bill, along with medical doctors, as well as business and insurance interests, who are concerned about costs.

Sisyphus Speaks 342: Children and Mice Do Not Have a...

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Institutional Review Board protect neither animals or children from nonsense.

Sisyphus Speaks 341: Corrigendum . Week in Review...

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Child dies as parents do not trust doctors. Massachusetts wants to license ND's. Yoga should be yogas. Seek fertility help from a holistic iridologist.

Sisyphus Speaks 340: Chiropractic Manipulation

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She was, in my opinion, totally defrauded by this unnamed chiropractor: bait and switch of the price, given services and studies she didn't need or ask for, and she got better on her own with time and still she would be willing to see a chiropractor.

Sisyphus Speaks 339: Fritter and Waste-ND Practice

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The inability to determine what the patient has and needs in an expeditious manner also suggests that NDs have no clue what they are doing. And shows a lack of respect for the patients time. If it takes hours HOURS to misdiagnosis a patient, perhaps you should send the patient to someone with real training who knows what they are doing.

Sisyphus Speaks 338: Corrigendum. The Week in Review...

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CAM leads to decreased quality of life. Is acupuncture a pseudoscience? It is according to semi professional anti-CAM pseudosceptics, 6600 potentially dangerous drivers on the road thanks to one chiropractor. Auricular acupuncture doesn't help for test taking anxiety. The 2016 legislative year in review. And more.

Sisyphus Speaks 337: NCCIH sanitizes naturopathy

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So it was with some surprise that I recently discovered all of this vital information had been removed from the NCCIH's main information page on naturopathy. Now, there are no warnings whatsoever about the possible dangers of seeing a naturopath, or, as they say, "naturopathic physician."

Sisyphus Speaks 336: Eternal Life Bacteria ?!?

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The weirdest headline popped up in my feeds today: Russian scientist says he is stronger and healthier after injecting himself with 'eternal life' bacteria. That got my attention. Anatoli Brouchkov, head of the Geocryology Department at Moscow State University, found a bacteria in the permafrost that is 3.5 million years old. They call it Bacillus F. How it is dated to that age is not mentioned in the paper. They suggest that the bacteria themselves are 3.5 million years old, but it appears they

Sysiphus Speaks 395: Let The Infections Continue

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The results are in from the hearing to adopt a rule in Oregon thatwould require Oregon licensees practicing acupuncture to follow clean needle technique and require the use of only disposable, single-use acupuncture needles. It was decided not to adopt the rule

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