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"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine, quackery, science, pseudoscience, history, and pseudohistory (and anything else that interests him)
Orac is the nom de blog of a (not so) humble pseudonymous surgeon/scientist with an ego just big enough to delude himself that someone, somewhere might actually give a rodent's posterior about his miscellaneous verbal meanderings, but just barely small enough to admit to himself that few will. (Continued here, along with a DISCLAIMER that you should read before reading any medical discussions here.)
Orac's old Blog is archived at Archived Insolence.
April 30, 2008
Category: Medicine
Animal rights terrorism apologist Dr. Jerry Vlasak does it again: Advocating the murder of scientists who engage in animal research. When will animal rights groups disavow this thug?
Posted by Orac at 3:00 PM • 25 Comments •
Category: History
Celebrate Fuehrerstodestag today!
Posted by Orac at 9:30 AM • 18 Comments •
Category: Medicine
Dale and Leilani Neumann are facing charges of second degree reckless homicide for letting their daughter die as they prayed over her. And religious exemption laws might mean they go free.
Posted by Orac at 12:00 AM • 65 Comments •
April 29, 2008
Category: Announcements
I'm a day late on this, but welcome ERV (a.k.a. endogenous retrovirus) to the Collective. A graduate student studying the molecular biology and evolution of HIV, her joining the Collective was forced to be earlier than she had intended because...
Posted by Orac at 2:00 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Medicine
The North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners may finally have stopped autism chelator Dr. Rashid Buttar, but Dr. Buttar's case highlights a huge problem with our system of regulating physician practice in the U.S. It's a problem that needs to be fixed.
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 15 Comments •
April 28, 2008
Category: Announcements
It's that time again: The 20th edition of the only blog carnival (that I know of, at least) for blogging about surgical topics has landed over at Surgeonsblog. Yes, Sid Schwab takes on the 20th SurgeXperiences, with limericks, even! Head...
Posted by Orac at 2:37 PM • •
Category: Medicine
Over the weekend there was a very good article in the Concord Monitor about Kathleen Seidel and her legal battle with Clifford Shoemaker, whose intrusive "fishing expedition" subpoena recently drew condemnation even from prominent antivaccination activists such as David Kirby...
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 34 Comments •
April 27, 2008
Category: Blogging
You didn't think I wouldn't take notice of this bit of news, did you? Even if I had, I would have had little choice, as readers deluged me with various news reports about this. Yes, it would appear that there...
Posted by Orac at 12:16 PM • 16 Comments •
Category: Politics
Darwinism leads to Nazi-ism? Not in this case.
Posted by Orac at 12:00 AM • 43 Comments •
April 26, 2008
Category: Medicine
The North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners, after many years, finally takes action against Dr. Rashid Buttar. Hopefully, the citizens of North Carolina will be protected from Dr. Buttar's dubious treatments for cancer. Sadly, the same can't be said about his dubious autism treatments, but at least the Board also barred him from treating children.
Posted by Orac at 11:45 AM • 17 Comments •
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