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Religion

I can’t believe people like this exist, part II

After posting about some openly racist McCain supporters from–sadly, as it is a state in which I lived for eight years and happened to like, by and large, particularly since it’s the state where my wife hails from–Ohio, I hadn’t planned on doing more posts like this. But a theme emerges, and I decided that […]

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Cancer Clinical trials Medicine

“Targeted” drugs not as “targeted’ as hoped?

I hate it when an article starts right out with a rather annoying usage of terminology, even when it provides information that interests me: (AP) — Nearly a fourth of widely used new-generation biological drugs that treat several common diseases produce serious side effects that lead to safety warnings soon after they go on the […]

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Announcements

Last call for the Skeptics’ Circle

Yike. I’ve been truly remiss in my duty. The Skeptics’ Circle is a mere day and a half away. But it’s not too late to submit your best skeptical work to Chris at The Uncredible Hallq. So, if you wanted to submit a post this week but haven’t gotten around to it, there isn’t much […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Entertainment/culture Medicine Quackery Television

Should pro-vaccine advocates try to get on The Oprah Winfrey Show?

Oprah Winfrey supports quackery. That has been richly demonstrated over the last few years, particularly with her gauzy, praise-filled segments featuring such pro-woo luminaries as Jenny McCarthy, her frequently having physicians boosters of “alternative medicine” like Mehmet Oz and Christiane Northrup on her show, and her tight embrace of New Age “spirituality.” Alarmed at the […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

The Huffington Post adds another antivaccinationist to its roster

I’ve been very critical of The Huffington Post since shortly after its formation three years ago, when (I believe) I was the first blogger to notice a proliferation of antivaccination propaganda at the then brand new group blog. It is a situation that the HuffPo has maintained to the present day. Indeed, on that day […]