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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.
Category: Medicine
While I'm at it blogging about the trial of Anne Mitchell, the nurse who is being maliciously prosecuted for having reported a doctor who happened to be buddies with the County Sheriff, I thought it would be worthwhile to post...
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 5 Comments •
Category: Medicine
The case in west Texas: It really is worse than I thought. Anyone there wanting to stand up for science-based medicine needs to be very afraid.
Posted by Orac at 12:00 AM • 31 Comments •
Category: Blogging
Orac admits a mistake. It's rare, but it happens.
Posted by Orac at 3:00 PM • 12 Comments •
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 • 39 Comments •
Category: Medicine
Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey surpass even themselves in conspiracy mongering about vaccines.
Posted by Orac at 8:00 AM • 54 Comments •
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 •
Category: Medicine
Yet another FAIL when it comes to reporting on vaccines, thanks to CNN.
Posted by Orac at 9:00 PM • 30 Comments •
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 •
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 •
Category: Medicine
I know I spent a fair bit of time last week slapping down Mike Adams, creator of NaturalNews.com website. In reality, he richly deserved it, as he has richly deserved it many times in the past. Indeed, were I so...
Posted by Orac at 8:00 AM • 85 Comments •
