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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.
December 31, 2009
Category: Medicine
NOTE: Orac is on semi-vacation this week, trying very hard to recharge his Tarial cells. Actually, although he is at home, he is spending much of his time in his Sanctum Sanctorum (i.e., his home office) working on an R01...
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 7 Comments •
December 30, 2009
Category: Medicine
You know, when Age of Autism starts announcing its yearly "people of the year" awards, there's always a lot of blog fodder there to be had. Given that this is the time of year when I ramp the blog down...
Posted by Orac at 12:00 PM • 362 Comments •
Category: Medicine
Vaccines save lives. In fact, they arguably save more lives than any other medical intervention devised by human beings. Unfortunately, the converse is also true. Anti-vaccine beliefs and the vaccine refusal that results from them kill. They leave children vulnerable...
Posted by Orac at 3:00 AM • 86 Comments •
December 29, 2009
Category: Medicine
Anti-vaccinationists conflate autism advocacy with their anti-vaccine views. Don't let them.
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 100 Comments •
Category: Blog carnivals
...is fast approaching, this time to be hosted at Life, The Universe, and One Brow. Let's make 2009 go out in style, skepticism-wise, by submitting the best skeptical blogging to the Circle for one New Year's Eve blowout! Blog-specific instructions...
Posted by Orac at 12:00 AM • 2 Comments •
December 28, 2009
Category: Medicine
Is there a reason to fear?
Posted by Orac at 8:00 AM • 37 Comments •
December 27, 2009
Category: Humor
One sees the weirdest things while out shopping.
Posted by Orac at 10:00 AM • 44 Comments •
December 26, 2009
Category: Medicine
While I'm recovering fro Christmas this weekend and away a good chunk of tomorrow, here's a question to ponder as 2009 draws to its inevitable close. Val Jones has listed what she views to be the top five threats to...
Posted by Orac at 11:05 AM • 20 Comments •
December 25, 2009
