"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: chemotherapy

Not exactly “sensible medicine” for Elle Macpherson’s breast cancer

Post author By Orac
Post date September 9, 2024
4 Comments on Not exactly “sensible medicine” for Elle Macpherson’s breast cancer

Adam Cifu and Vinay Prasad at Sensible Medicine defend Elle Macpherson’s decision not to undergo chemotherpay for her breast cancer. Too bad they shortchange the quackery in doing so.

Tags Adam Cifu, alternative cancer cure, alternative cancer cure testimonial, breast cancer, cancer, chemotherapy, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Elle Macpherson, lumpectomy, naturopathy, partial mastectomy, quackery, radiation therapy, Sensible Medicine, surgery, Vinay Prasad

Cancer Medicine Quackery

FLCCC co-founder Paul Marik has gone full cancer quack

Post author By Orac
Post date July 8, 2024
38 Comments on FLCCC co-founder Paul Marik has gone full cancer quack

FLCCC co-founder Dr. Paul Marik has gone full cancer quack, deceptively disparaging chemotherapy to promote his grift of “repurposed drugs.” Everything old is new again.

Tags 2nd Smartest Guy in the World, adjuvant chemotherapy, cancer, chemotherapy, FLCCC, Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance, integrative oncology, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, Paul Marik, quackery, repurposed medication, The Vigilant Fox

Cancer Medicine Quackery

Fenbendazole: I’m having flashbacks to laetrile and Stanislaw Burzynski

Post author By Orac
Post date March 11, 2024
14 Comments on Fenbendazole: I’m having flashbacks to laetrile and Stanislaw Burzynski

Antivaxxers who “repurposed” deworming drugs like ivermectin and fenbendazole are peddling cancer “miracle cure” testimonials that remind me of laetrile and Stanislaw Burzynski. Truly, everything old is new again.

Tags 2nd Smartest Guy in the World, antivaccine, breast cancer, cancer, cancer cure, chemotherapy, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, fenbendazole, Joe Tippens, mebendazole, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, quackery, Tippens protocol, triple negative breast cancer

Cancer Medicine Quackery

Kevin Hennings vs. stage IV colon cancer: Are ivermectin and fenbendazole the new laetrile? (Part one: fenbendazole)

Post author By Orac
Post date February 9, 2024
16 Comments on Kevin Hennings vs. stage IV colon cancer: Are ivermectin and fenbendazole the new laetrile? (Part one: fenbendazole)

An interview by Jim Breuer with Kevin Hennings, who has stage IV colon cancer, that’s gone viral reminds me that alternative cancer cure testimonials never change; only the cures do. Truly, febendazole is the new laetrile.

Tags Active Hexose Correlated Compound, AHCC, alternative cancer cure testimonial, ANNOTTO, cancer, cancer testimonial, chemotherapy, cimetidine, colon cancer, curcumin, fenbendazole, ivermectin, Jim Breuer, Kevin Hennings, laetrile, Rumble

Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery

Über-quack Joe Mercola falsely claims that “legally” the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are not vaccines

Post author By Orac
Post date February 19, 2021
65 Comments on Über-quack Joe Mercola falsely claims that “legally” the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are not vaccines

Antivaxxers have been falsely claiming that the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are “gene therapy,” not vaccines. Now über-quack Joe Mercola is falsely claiming that the vaccines are, from a legal standpoint, not vaccines.

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