Recent Insolence delivered

• A study contributes to the deceptive rebranding of naturopathy as “lifestyle counseling”

  That naturopathy is a veritable cornucopia of quackery mixed with the odd sensible, science-based suggestion here…

• Calling out false “balance” on vaccines and autism

  Manufactroversy.
  It’s wonderful, made-up word that describes a phenomenon so aptly, so brilliantly, that I like…

• The quack view of preventing breast cancer versus reality and Angelina Jolie, part 2

  After yesterday, I really hadn’t planned on writing about Angelina Jolie and her decision to undergo…

• The quack view of preventing breast cancer versus reality and Angelina Jolie

  I should have known it. I should have known that the reaction wouldn’t take very long.…

• NCCAM and “pragmatic trials.” Again.

  I’m not alone in pointing this out, but if there’s one thing about research and clinical…

• Alternative cancer “cures”: Nothing’s changed in 34 years

  Sometimes blogging topics arise from the strangest places. It’s true. For instance, although references to how…

• The kudzu that is “integrative oncology” continues to insinuate quackademic medicine into oncology

  I hate to end the week on a bit of a downer, but sometimes I just…

• Deconstructing another Stanislaw Burzynski cancer “success story”

  A key pillar of the Stanislaw Burzynski antineoplaston marketing machine, a component of the marketing strategy…

• Eric Merola and Stanislaw Burzynski’s secret weapon against The Skeptics™: Fabio Lanzoni (Part 2)

  I’ve been very, very critical of a self-proclaimed cancer doctor named Stanislaw Burzynski, who is not…

• A young antivaccine propagandist plans to teach his mad skillz to other antivaccinationists

  As hard as it might be to believe, one time over 20 years ago I actually…

• Deregulating stem cell quackery in Italy? A bad omen.

  Stem cells are magical, mystical things that can’t be explained.
  At least, if you listen to what…

• Politics versus scientific peer review

  In the United States, the federal government has long had a prominent role in funding science…