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Beautiful Evidence
As the amount of available scientific information expands, it becomes a trick to find ways of presenting it that are intuitive, accurate and attractive enough to be looked at. Reader Kodie placed a link on the forum to David McCandless’ … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine, Science
8 Comments
Miracle Spring Solution banned in the UK
Daniel has written a couple of articles about “Miracle Spring Water” in the past, the first one pointing out the absurdity of its claims and the second one expressing sorrow for the poor, desperate people taken in by it. I … Continue reading
Posted in Debunking, Medicine, Oh the Stupidity!
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Poe's Law Rules Our World
In James Shapiro’s history of the Shakespeare skeptics, Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare, he mentions in passing a historian and Lutheran minister with the irresistible name of Samuel Mosheim Schmucker. Schmucker was the author of a work entitled Historic Doubts … Continue reading
Posted in History, Medicine
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Brain Melting Homeopathic Medicine
by VorJack I really don’t want to be the one to rain on Custador’s “UK, F%@# Yeah!” parade, but … well, OK, yes I do. Yesterday, Martin Robbins had an editorial on The Guardian, the title of which challenges the … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine, Politics, Science
10 Comments
QotD: Circumcision
by VorJack One debate that has passed me by is the male infant circumcision debate. It always catches me off guard when I suddenly find people with very developed opinions on the matter. So, in the interest of my education: … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine, Questions
178 Comments
Simon Singh Wins Libel Appeal
I was really happy to hear that Simon Singh won his libel appeal. He had the audacity to discuss scientific studies on chiropractic medicine and explain it’s shaky history in an article in Guardian (and later in Trick or Treatment), and for … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine, Science
15 Comments
Pat Robertson Only Alive Due to Prayers
Pat Robertson recently had heart surgery. It was successful, and in a statement Pat said: Only the prayers of thousands of believing people kept me on this earth. Way to give credit where credit is due, Pat! Most people give … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Medicine, Prayer
52 Comments
Homeopathic Doctors (That Mitchell and Webb Look)
Few people seem to know what homeopathy is. They assume it means natural medicine, when really it’s far more quack. In a nutshell, homeopathy is the belief that the more diluted a substance is, the stronger it becomes. To treat … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine, Science, Superstition, Videos
27 Comments
Pigs Offer New Stem Cell Source
Scientists have found a way to turn adult pig cells into any tissue in the body, just like embryonic stem cells: Dr Xiao’s team reprogrammed cells taken from a pig’s ear and bone marrow, using a cocktail of chemicals introduced … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Medicine, Science
28 Comments
