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markhoofnagle.jpg Mark Hoofnagle has a PhD in physiology from the University of Virginia and is currently a 3rd year medical student. His interest in denialism concerns the use of denialist tactics to confuse public understanding of scientific knowledge.

Chris Hoofnagle Chris Hoofnagle is an attorney with experience in consumer protection advocacy in Washington and Sacramento. His interest in denialism concerns the use of rhetorical tactics by various industries in dumbing down policy debates. He is the author of The Denialists' Deck of Cards.

Picture%20131.jpgPalMD is a pseudonym for Peter A. Lipson, a practicing internist in the Midwestern United States. Aside from the great joy he finds in his family and his work, he likes communicating some of that joy to others. He has a special interest in the ways patients---and we are all patients at one time or another---are deceived by charlatans. He aims to change the world, one reader at a time. Previous writings can still be found here.
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March 31, 2008

I love bacon

Category: Medicine

A reader, who happens to write one of the best-named blogs on teh tubes, pointed me toward an article I never would have seen. This parallels a news story we had here in the States late last year. So, since...

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I don't usually do this but...

Category: Science

...I really couldn't resist sharing some fun links. I guess you'd call it blogrolling. First, someone got a hold of the über-seekrit Expelled:Leader's Guide, and started deconstructing it. Next, Steve Novella once again eviscerates a wacky water-woo cult leader at...

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Hey! Look! Science works! Zetia, not so much.

Category: Medicine

I love this story because it shows how evidence-based medicine works, even in the face of corporate greed. A while back I told you about a cholesterol study with negative results; that is, it failed to show a drug to...

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Malawi to curb fake AIDS healers

Category: HIV/AIDS denialism

The Lancet (Vol 371:9615, March 8, 2008 p. 784) notes that the government of Malawi is working on legislation to prevent traditional and religious healers from deceiving people about AIDS. According to Mary Shaba, a Malawi health official, "when it...

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Eat it raw! It's...magic!

Category: Skepticism

In case you haven't heard, cooking food is bad--at least according to the raw food movement. This movement has developed over the last 5-10 years, and is still fairly fringe, but fad diets, restaurants, stores, and websites devoted to raw...

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Cell Phones and Cancer - Scaremongering from the Independent

Category: Medicine

The Independent has yet another hysterical article about the potential link between cell phones and brain cancer. And I've been asked, what are we seeing here? Is this the early reporting of a potential public health threat? Or is it...

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A history of denialism - Part II - Tobacco companies

Category: Denialism

To continue to explain how terribly misguided Mooney and Nisbet are about ignoring denialist campaigns I think it's time to go over the history of one of the most effective denialist campaigns ever. That is the concerted effort by the...

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March 30, 2008

Sexually transmitted diseases---they're successful, we're not

Category: Medicine

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are frighteningly common, as highlighted by a study released by the CDC earlier this month. The U.S. is in a unique position: few countries have the resources we do to prevent and treat STDs, and few...

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Gardasil is a good idea

Category: Anti-Vax Denialism

What if we had a vaccine against cancer? Or even against some cancers? Wouldn't this be a huge news story, with people everywhere clamoring for the shot? Maybe... Or maybe, some people could find a way to turn that smile...

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March 29, 2008

I hate orange urine

Category: Medical Musings

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a very common problem, especially in women. The link provided offers some very good information, but briefly, women's urethrae (the tube the urine comes out of), are closer to the rectum than those of men...

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