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Sysiphus Speaks

Mark Crislip

The Podcast of the Society for Science-Based Medicine

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Sisyphus Speaks 334: Nutrimatic Medicine

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Naturopathy school, as had been noted at length here and at Science-Based Medicine, is a medical Nutrimatic machine. It produces "something almost, but not quite entirely unlike a physician."

Sisyphus Speaks 333: VA, TRICARE and HPSAs don't need...

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Chiropractors are again trying to muscle their way further into the American health care system, not by dint of their being a demand for their services, but rather through the political process. Two bills now before Congress would force the VA and TRICARE, the military's health benefit system, to offer chiropractic services. Another would give chiropractors access to scholarship and student loan repayment programs for primary health care professionals willing to work in underserved areas.

Sisyphus Speaks 332: Corrigendum. The Week In Review....

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Brachial Plexus Palsy Following Chiropractic Manipulation. Lead intoxication due to ayurvedic medications. Surge in Mumps Outbreaks Seen Across the US. Discover what a Bogan is. Homeopathy doesn't work in animals. Chiropractors infuriated by "rogue" practitioners who are bringing their profession into disrepute. And more.

Sisyphus Speaks 331: Embracing Anecdote

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In the comment section of SBM Windriven used the term embracing anecdote, a description of NPR report and much of the basis of pseudo-medicine. I have said before that one anecdote is more powerful than a dozen randomized placebo controlled double blind studies. The NPR starts with the story of Doris Keene who had chronic pain. Exactly want the pain was and how long she had it is not clear. Sciatica is mentioned, a disease that more often than not improves with time. So it would be nice to know if

Sisyphus Speaks 330: Precautionary Principle be Damned.

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The Precautionary principle states that if an action or policy has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or to the environment, in the absence of scientific consensus that the action or policy is not harmful, the burden of proof that it is not harmful falls on those taking an action…The principle implies that there is a social responsibility to protect the public from exposure to harm, when scientific investigation has found a plausible risk.

Sisyphus Speaks 329: The Week In Review. 12/11/2016

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Chiropractic stroke. Infection after acupuncture. Mumps outbreak. Chiropractors do not understand science. Water is wet. Fire is hot. To conclude, the evidence from SRs evaluating the effectiveness of CAM in lowering BLL is predominantly equivocal and confusing". And more.

Sisyphus Speaks 328: AMVETS snookered into supporting...

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As is too often the case, naturopaths, who have failed to impress both the public and the larger health care fraternity with their alleged, but never proven, ability to deliver safe and effective care, want to use the political process to achieve their goals.

Sisyphus Speaks 327: Sisyphus Speaks 327: Anesthesia...

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… general anaesthesia can block the effect of acupuncture, as can the use of local anaesthetics. Acupuncture treatment can be effective after the surgery once the anaesthetic has worn off, but not during the period of anaesthesia itself. The quibblers do not mention Chinese mysticism as a mechanism, but who would have thought sevoflurane, propofol and remfentanil, could prevent the unblocking of qi?

Sisyphus Speaks 326: Corrigendum. The Week In Review...

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What's the harm? Hepatitis, fractures and death. Naturopaths know as much about having a fun night out as they do about medicine. New in the literature: a flawed study gets repeated and acupuncture is placebo. Homeopathic medications recalled as it may kill children. Critical thinking fails. The seat of emotions is where?!? And more.

Sisyphus Speaks 325: Second Stupidest Study Ever?

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It occurs to me that trying to rank pseudo-medical studies on a stupidity scale is futile. They are not electrons with only one being able to occupy a given state. No. An almost infinite number of studies could vie for the title of stupidest study ever and they could all win. The article in question is Significant Geometry Features in Tongue Image Analysis.

Sisyphus Speaks 324: Naturally

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The anecdotes of the intervention being successful was far more impressive to him than my medical opinion. I may know something about treating infections, but the experience of others was far more compelling. That clinical trials showing lack of efficacy were not as credible as his trying it and seeing if it worked for him.

Sisyphus Speaks 323: Gallup Poll: Patients choose MDs...

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An MD is the first choice of 54% of American adults when choosing a health care provider for back or neck pain, according to a recent Gallup poll. Only 29% would choose a chiropractor. Then why does a graphic touting the poll's results on the Palmer College of Chiropractic website say that 57% of adults are likely to see a chiropractor for the same malady?

Sisyphus Speaks 322: Jaw Droppingly Stupid: Worst...

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I run across a lot of information in my feeds that I need to save for further evaluation. The study Does additional antimicrobial treatment have a better effect on URTI cough resolution than homeopathic symptomatic therapy alone? A real-life preliminary observational study in a pediatric population, I saved with the file name, 'jaw droppingly stupid'.

Sisyphus Speaks 321: Kaiser Health News: Quoting...

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I was under the impression that Barbara Loe Fisher had been so thoroughly discredited that no responsible journalist, least of all one working for Kaiser Health News, would ever quote her as an authoritative source on vaccination. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that a journalist who doesn't know Fisher's backstory has no business reporting on vaccination.

Sisyphus Speaks 320: Spit Take

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This was on the Oregonian website: Naturopathic clinic designated as top tier primary care facility. Good thing I was not drinking when I read the headline.

Sisyphus Speaks 319: "Integrative Medicine" has no...

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The plague of "integrative medicine" is spreading down under, infecting respectable Australian universities with lectures and courses presenting an uncritical view of so-called "complementary medicine."

Sisyphus Speaks 318: The Peoples Anecdotes.

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The most egregious example of failing to recognize bias and logical fallacies and elevating anecdote above all else is perhaps the People Pharmacy. Week after week they present anecdotes of bizarro home remedies as if they are a reasonable intervention.

Sisyphus Speaks 317: Isn't it Ironic?

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The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center blog had an article called The Truth behind Three Natural Cancer "Cures". When cures is in quotes, you know they will not have a high opinion of the interventions.

Sisyphus Speaks 316: Counterfeit vrs Fake Medicines

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Fake medicines do less harm than counterfeit medicines in terms of absolute numbers, because most people do not use fake medicines thinking they are using the real deal.

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

393 results

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