Respectful Insolence
Archives for June 19, 2008
I think I have a new hero…
Posted by Orac on June 19, 2008
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…and his name is Edzard Ernst. And here’s the reason why. Anyone who can rile up homeopaths that much is my kind of guy.
Can it be real? The FDA brings the hammer down on bogus cancer cures
Posted by Orac on June 19, 2008 I’m a cancer surgeon, and if there’s one thing that drives me straight to the liquor cabinet it has to be quack cancer “cures.” Very early in the history of this blog, I discussed one of the biggest quacks of all time, a woman who thinks that all cancer is caused by a liver fluke…
When psychics attack, autistic children suffer
Posted by Orac on June 19, 2008 I just shook my head as I perused this item on Pharyngula earlier this morning. What else can you do? The irrationality and lunacy is beyond belief as I read a story about a mother named Colleen Leduc called into school because a report of sexual abuse was made about her autistic daughter Victoria: The…