Great article by Steven Novella on the weaknesses and misunderstandings of “Traditional Chinese Medicine”: What Is Traditional Chinese Medicine? http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/what-is-traditional-chinese-medicine/ Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
All this recent exposure of the controversy surrounding the Burzynski Clinic has exposed the Yes to Life charity to scrutiny and, especially, the charity’s funding from benefit concerts. As always, Quackometer has a blog on this: Burzynski Supporting Charity Loses Funding http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2012/01/burzynski-supporting-charity-loses-funding.html Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
Need to keep an eye on this, Burzynski is being sued by en elderly patient: Burzynski in Court: Patient treated like a ‘Cash Machine’ http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2012/01/burzynski-in-court-patient-treated-like-a-cash-machine.html Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
Hitchens and his works have had a great influence on my life and I have enjoyed his brilliant oratory and debating skills; a master polemicist, seeing a “Hitchslap” brought much enjoyment. His battle against cancer had hardly diminished the man’s prodigious output of work, but the effects on his body were clear. There was some [...]
Further detailed information on the Burzynski Clinic and the treatments that they offer: Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski’s “personalized gene-targeted cancer therapy”: Can he do what he claims for cancer? http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/stanislaw-burzynskis-personalized-gene-targeted-cancer-therapy/ Other previous articles from myself: The Observer, the Burzynski Clinic, and Complicity in Misinformation http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/12/04/711.html The Burzynski Clinic Threatens 17 Year Old Blogger http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/11/29/705.html Burzynski Clinic [...]
Steven Novella’s article on Prince Charles reinforces my impressions that Charles has abused his position, very likely crossed the line, in his deluded promotion of various medical “treatments”. Full article here: The Prince of CAM http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/the-prince-of-cam/ If ever there was a case for the abolition of the undemocratic system known as “monarchy”, then Charles is [...]
Errors with statistics: What if academics were as dumb as quacks with statistics? http://www.badscience.net/2011/10/what-if-academics-were-as-dumb-as-quacks-with-statistics/ Statistical Errors in Mainstream Journals http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/statistical-errors-in-mainstream-journals/ Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011
Here’s an article describing the horrendous and barbaric treatment of bears harvested for various medicinal use particularly in Asia and the Far East: Asian Bear Bile Remedies: Traditional Medicine or Barbarism? http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=10897 Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011
DC’s Improbable Science provides an update on the so-called “College of Medicine”: Don’t be deceived. The new “College of Medicine” is a fraud and delusion http://www.dcscience.net/?p=3632 I share DC’s despair; the “College of Medicine” is really nothing more than a reincarnation of the decrepitude and morally bankrupt Prince of Wales’ Foundation for Integrated Health. I [...]
The sad thing is that people buy into this crystal/energy/frequency nonsense: Energy Bracelets: Embedding Frequencies in Holograms for Fun and Profit http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=7717 Here’s an earlier related article: Applied Kinesiology – How it’s Done http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2010/07/21/441.html Quackery? Scam? You decide. Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010
