"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).

Tag: acute lymphoblastic leukemia

What causes ALL? An antivaxxer says—surprise!—it’s vaccines

Post author By Orac
Post date December 19, 2019
167 Comments on 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!

Tags acute lymphoblastic leukemia, ALL, antivaccine, John Jones, Mel Greaves, Sherri Tenpenny, vaccines, Vaxxter

Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine History Medicine Politics Quackery Religion Science Skepticism/critical thinking

Makayla Sault’s mother: Racism, trust, and science-based medicine

Post author By Orac
Post date January 18, 2016
51 Comments on Makayla Sault’s mother: Racism, trust, and science-based medicine

One of the recurring topics I write about is, of course, cancer quackery. It goes right back to the very beginning of this blog, to my very earliest posts more than 11 years ago. Over the years I’ve covered more cases than I can remember of patients relying on quackery instead of real medicine. In […]

Tags aborigine, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Brian Clement, Canada, cancer, chemotherapy, First Nations, Justice Gethin Edward, Makayla Sault, McMaster Children's Hospital, Rob MacIsaac, Six Nations, Sonya Sault

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