"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine, quackery, science, and pseudoscience (and anything else that interests him).

Category: Medicine

How is it that cancer quack Stanislaw Burzynski is still grifting in 2023?

Post author By Orac
Post date September 27, 2023
32 Comments on How is it that cancer quack Stanislaw Burzynski is still grifting in 2023?

This year, cancer quack Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski turned 80. Unfortunately, he doesn’t seem to be slowing down charging patients with advanced cancer huge sums for false hope.

Tags abortion, antineoplastons, astrocytoma, Burzynski Clinic, cancer, Gliomatosis Cerebri, GoFundMe, Oscoda, quackery, Stanislaw Burzynski, Tasha Kann

Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine

Quoth Phillip Buckhaults: Oh, no! There’s DNA in COVID-19 vaccines!

Post author By Orac
Post date September 21, 2023
62 Comments on Quoth Phillip Buckhaults: Oh, no! There’s DNA in COVID-19 vaccines!

It’s back! Just when you thought the “DNA in vaccines” stupidity had subsided, it’s back, courtesy of Dr. Phillip Buckhaults.

Tags antivaccine, cancer, COVID-19, COVID-19 denial, COVID-19 vaccine, Phillip Buckhaults, South Carolina, vaccines

Antivaccine nonsense Medicine

Dr. Vinay Prasad embraces antivax “do not comply” messaging

Post author By Orac
Post date September 18, 2023
98 Comments on Dr. Vinay Prasad embraces antivax “do not comply” messaging

COVID-19 “contrarians” like Dr. Vinay Prasad have long complained about being labelled “antivaccine,” which they view as unfair. Why, then, do they embrace antivax messages like “do not comply,” even if they don’t use the exact words?