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Professor (Dr) Chris O'Brien, a well known neurosurgeon, contracted brain cancer and has claimed that homeopathic "medicine" has helped his recovery. http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2008/s2171711.htm Although in the link he mentions naturopathy and "herbal medicines" in a radio...

Hey there all. I posted in the introduction thread a long while ago and forgot about it. I'm a 21 year old man about to graduate with a degree in chemistry from an institute in Wisconsin, USA. But enough about me, I'm in need of some advice. You see, my family's long time trusted...

I have the feeling that many real doctors know little or nothing about homeopathy. It started with my cousin, an anaesthesiologist. We were talking about a woo family member who said she recently learned palm reading :rolleyes: I asked him about the woo in his field, e.g. homeopathy, and he...

I just got a letter from my insurance company saying my old primary care physician has left and they've assigned me a new one. I did a little research and found that he's a Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) and not an MD. I've found some conflicting information on the web about what exactly that...

So that's how Chiropractors do it. http://www.wftv.com/health/9962684/detail.html :)

Excerpt: Link: Vaccine-autism link doctor faces misconduct inquiry Editorial by blutoski: This is an unusual move by the GMC, because they usually require a complainant. They are actually presenting the charges "in the public interest." Prediction #1: If he's struck off the register, it will...

News item in tomorrow's British Medical Journal "“The Amsterdam Medical Disciplinary Tribunal has struck off one doctor and suspended two others for their exclusive use of complementary treatments— including “vegatests,” homoeopathic medicine, and food supplements—to treat Sylvia Millecam, the...

Dr. Steven Novella of the New England Skeptical Society (and an assitant professor of neurology at Yale) has written all about the autism/vaccine link here: http://newhavenadvocate.com/gbase/News/content?oid=oid:122769

My doctor's office insists on seeing me once a year or they refuse to refill my prescriptions for allergies. So I had a two minute doctor's appointment that cost about $75. Here is the entire medical examination: Dr: Why are you here? CBL: You won't fill my perscriptions if I don't. Dr: How...

Privacy in Retreat By WILLIAM SAFIRE Published: March 10, 2004 WASHINGTON — "I believe privacy is a fundamental right," said the candidate George W. Bush one month before his election, "and that every American should have absolute control over his or her personal information." Those of us...