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PalMD is a practicing internist in the Great Lakes region of the U.S.. Aside from the great joy he finds in his family and his work, he likes communicating some of that joy to others. He has a special interest in the ways patients---and we are all patients at one time or another---are deceived by charlatans. He aims to change the world, one reader at a time. Previous writings can still be found here, and here. I also write twice a month for Science-Based Medicine
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May 31, 2009
Category: Absurd medical claims
One of the hardest things about practicing medicine is being compassionate and dispassionate at the same time; acknowledging a person's pain, but standing aside enough to view the problem with a degree of objectivity. This is one of the easiest...
Posted by PalMD at 3:07 PM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Absurd religious wingnutery
A Kansas doctor who performs abortions was murdered today at his church. I'll leave it to others to discuss the long history of this doctor's part in the abortion debate; what I want to show you today is the transparent...
Posted by PalMD at 2:13 PM • 38 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Fatherhood
Around midnight, my wife and I heard a loud "thump" followed by screaming. We ran to our daughter's room and found her lying on the floor, crying, clearly terrified. I picked her up and held her, feeling around her legs,...
Posted by PalMD at 9:56 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 28, 2009
Category: Medical ethics
My buddy Janet always makes me think, which is one of the things I like about her (that, and her cookies). Today, she wrote about a recent PLoS Biology article about the vaccine-autism debate (Orac has also covered it, of...
Posted by PalMD at 5:43 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: meta-blag
There's a contest going on in the blogosphere, and I want in. 3 Quarks Daily is taking nominations for best social science or natural history blog post published between May 28th, 2008 and now. Go here to nominate your favorite...
Posted by PalMD at 2:04 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 27, 2009
Category: Absurd medical claims
In case you were worried that the Huffington Post had "gone legit" with regards to medical reporting, fear no more. Barry Sears, creator of a popular diet book, has written a searingly stupid piece called We're Fighting the Wrong Epidemic....
Posted by PalMD at 6:29 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Absurd medical claims
Earlier this month I wrote about some of the people who claim to be Lyme disease experts, and specifically about an article in the Journal of Medical Ethics, and its author. The article was truly horrid, especially when presented in...
Posted by PalMD at 1:26 PM • 37 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 25, 2009
Category: PalCast
It's now up. It's a good one. One link in particular that was discussed is here. Go and read, then go and listen....
Posted by PalMD at 3:20 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 24, 2009
Category: Absurd medical claims
I'm actually rather surprised that the movement to castrate autistic kids isn't more in the news. Parents of autistic kids are very good at advocacy, so where are they on this one? On the other hand, the abuse of the...
Posted by PalMD at 8:02 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 22, 2009
Category: Absurd medical claims
It would certainly seem so. Alternative autism "experts" have a long history of dehumanizing autistic kids. But the Geiers take it one step further. The father-son team is chemically castrating autistic children. And what do they have to say about...
Posted by PalMD at 7:49 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
