"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.)
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October 31, 2008
Category: Alternative medicine • Cancer • Clinical trials • Medicine • Quackery
When wealthy woo fans attack an academic hospital, no patient is safe.
Posted by Orac at 10:00 AM • 18 Comments
Category: Alternative medicine • Antivaccination lunacy • Autism • Medicine • Quackery
When something this startling happens and an unexpected source makes more medical sense than you do, you're in deep doo.
Posted by Orac at 12:46 AM • 14 Comments
October 30, 2008
Category: Alternative medicine • Cancer • Medicine
A trial stopped. But why?
Posted by Orac at 10:00 AM • 33 Comments
Category: Politics
Oh, the suspense!
Posted by Orac at 1:00 AM • 7 Comments
October 29, 2008
Category: Alternative medicine • Antivaccination lunacy • Autism • Medicine • Quackery
Longtime readers of this blog know that my original exposure to antivaccination conspiracy theories first occurred in the context of the now pseudoscientific and discredited hypothesis that somehow the mercury in the thimerosal preservative that used to be used in...
Posted by Orac at 10:00 AM • 20 Comments
October 28, 2008
Category: Anti-Semitism • History • Holocaust denial • Politics
A botched plot to assassinate Barack Obama shines a light on the white supremacist underworld in the U.S.
Posted by Orac at 4:00 PM • 80 Comments
Category: Alternative medicine • Bioethics • Clinical trials • Medicine
How many physicians prescribe placebos? If a recent study is any indication, more than you think.
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 21 Comments
October 27, 2008
Category: Biology • Medicine • Politics • Religion • Science
The University of Michigan isn't going to take the lies anymore.
Posted by Orac at 1:08 PM • 6 Comments
Category: Medicine • Politics • Religion • Science
Fundamentalist religion versus science. Again. Unfortunately, fundamentalist religion appears to be winning.
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 13 Comments
October 26, 2008
Category: Entertainment/culture • Science fiction/fantasy • Television
Best. Doctor. Who. Ever.
Posted by Orac at 10:27 AM • 12 Comments
October 25, 2008
Category: Politics
This election is mild. Really.
Posted by Orac at 10:04 AM • 9 Comments
October 24, 2008
Category: Alternative medicine • Antivaccination lunacy • Autism • Cancer • Medicine • Quackery
You remember Dr. Rashid Buttar, don't you? He's that blight on North Carolina's medical establishment, known for his "transdermal chelation therapy" that he's unable to demonstrate as being able to be absorbed through the skin, much less chelate anything (arguably...
Posted by Orac at 5:00 PM • 24 Comments
Category: Bioethics • Medicine
What does a doctor do when a patient doesn't know what's good for him?
Posted by Orac at 7:45 AM • 32 Comments
October 23, 2008
Category: Announcements • Blog carnivals • Skeptics' Circle
...is here at The Uncredible Hallq, and it's a fine collection of the latest skeptical blogging. Meanwhile the countdown towards #100 continues. Next up is King of Ferrets Ferret Cage, who will be hosting the 99th Edition of the Skeptics'...
Posted by Orac at 12:28 PM • 7 Comments
Category: Alternative medicine • Cancer • Medicine • Quackery
Mike Adams goes off the deep end over breast cancer. Again. Is this going to be an annual occurrence? I fear I know the answer to that one.
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 18 Comments
October 22, 2008
Category: Religion
The series continues with a homeschooling mom who really, really doesn't like...well, read the post to find out.
Posted by Orac at 2:22 PM • 60 Comments
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