Corrected by Dr. Paul Offit
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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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Differences between CAM practice and primary care practice
Category: Medicine
If there is one aspect of "complementary and alternative" medicine (CAM) that can puzzle advocates of science-based medicine, it's why, given how nonsensical much of it is given that some of it actually goes against the laws of physics (think...
Posted by Orac at 7:00 AM • 34 Comments •
Best. Conspiracy. Theory. Ever.
Category: Medicine
Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey surpass even themselves in conspiracy mongering about vaccines.
Posted by Orac at 8:00 AM • 52 Comments •
Report a bad doctor to the authorities, go to jail? It might really happen for Anne Mitchell, RN in Winkler County, Texas
Category: Medicine
A trio of good ol' boys tries to send an uppity nurse to jail because she had the temerity to report a bad doctor to the Texas Medical Board.
Posted by Orac at 12:00 AM • 37 Comments •
Egomaniacal Sunday morning basking in glory
Category: Blogging
My adopted alter ego may be nothing but a computer played by a box of colored blinking lights, but those few who are actually familiar with the 30 year old British SF TV show that featured Orac beginning in the...
Posted by Orac at 10:30 AM • 24 Comments •
"Building bridges" to the leaders of the anti-vaccine movement?
Category: Medicine
Thanks to Andrew Wakefield, it's been pretty much vaccine week for me. Well, mostly anyway, I did manage to have some fun with Mike Adams and the immune system, but otherwise it's been all vaccines all the time this week....
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 168 Comments •
How not to report science and medical news, vaccine edition (addendum)
Category: Medicine
Yet another FAIL when it comes to reporting on vaccines, thanks to CNN.
Posted by Orac at 9:00 PM • 30 Comments •
How not to report science and medical news, vaccine edition
Category: Science
"Tell both sides" strikes again, and medical science is once again abused in the news.
Posted by Orac at 7:00 AM • 97 Comments •
How can I resist such a request?
Category: Medicine
Censored. The anti-vaccine movement keeps using that word. I do not think it means what they think it means.
Posted by Orac at 1:00 PM • 44 Comments •
The martyrdom of St. Andy, part 2: David Kirby rides to the rescue (sort of)
Category: Medicine
David Kirby is Andrew Wakefield's knight in shining armor as he rides to the rescue to defend Andy from all the criticism of his pseudoscience and unethical human experimentation.
Posted by Orac at 8:27 AM • 61 Comments •
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