Andy Serwer of Yahoo! Finance interviewed Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. It did not go well. Serwer allowed RFK, Jr. to spew his antivax propaganda largely unquestioned.
Category: Pseudoscience
Acupuncture does not work for chronic pain
A newly published systematic review of systematic reviews tells us what we've known. Acupuncture doesn't work for chronic pain.
UCHealth: Making pseudoscientific claims about acupuncture
UCHealth just published an article about acupuncture full of pseudoscientific claims. What is wrong with the University of Colorado? It looks like another academic medical center has fallen victim to quackademic medicine.
Contrary to advice from an antivaxxer, claiming a history of anaphylaxis after vaccination will not guarantee a medical exemption
Contrary to advice from an antivaxxer whom we've met before, claiming anaphylaxis after vaccination is not a sure-fire way to get a medical exemption to school vaccine mandates.
the goop lab on Netflix: Selling quackery under the guise of female “empowerment”
"the goop lab" will premiere on Netflix on January 24. It's just the latest goop vehicle to sell quackery to women under the guise of "empowerment."
GoFundMe and the problem of crowdfunding for quackery
GoFundMe is frequently used by patients to pay for quackery. How can its policies be changed to make misuse of the platform more difficult?
Dr. Joseph Mercola: A quack tycoon funding antivaccine causes
Dr. Joseph Mercola has built a massive alternative health empire. Unfortunately, he's now using his wealth to fund antivaccine propaganda.
An NCCIH survey on “complementary” health approaches
The NCCIH recently published a study examining the percentage of US physicians who had recommended “complementary health approaches” to their patients in the last year. The percentages are far higher than they should be.
James Lyons-Weiler and Paul: Incompetently demonizing aluminum vaccine adjuvants
James Lyons-Weiler has published an analysis claiming that Paul Thomas' "Vaccine-Friendly Plan" is safer than the current CDC-recommended vaccine schedule because contains less aluminum. Unsurprisingly, The modeling behind the analysis is risibly incompetent. Same as it ever was.
What causes ALL? An antivaxxer says—surprise!—it’s vaccines
What causes ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia)? To antivaxxer John Jones, the answer is obvious: vaccines!