Tomorrow, antivaxers march on Washington, and, boy, are they excited!
Antivaxers are marching on Washington tomorrow, as they did in 2008. The cast is different (other than Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Barbara Loe Fisher), but the dangerous pseudoscientific is the same. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - March 30, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Politics Quackery Andrew Wakefield Donald Trump Gulf War syndrome Kent Heckenlively Revolution for Truth Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vaccines Vaxxed Source Type: blogs

“ Dr. Seuss monsters ” : The quackery that is “ battlefield acupuncture ” continues to metastasize
"Battlefield acupuncture," which is really a form of ear acupuncture based essentially on a homunculus on the ear, continues to invade and metastasize in the military, complete with Dr. Seuss monsters. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - March 29, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking acupuncture battlefield acupuncture Patricia Macsparran rapid acupuncture Richard Niemtzow Veterans Administration Source Type: blogs

The quackery that is “ battlefield acupuncture ” continues to metastasize
"Battlefield acupuncture," which is really a form of ear acupuncture based essentially on a homunculus on the ear, continues to invade and metastasize in the military. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - March 29, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking acupuncture battlefield acupuncture rapid acupuncture Richard Niemtzow Veterans Administration Source Type: blogs

Adventures in bad veterinary medicine reported by the local media (2017 edition)
Just because people think that sticking needles into their meridians will somehow unblock their qi and fix whatever ails them doesn't mean it's OK to inflict the same nonsense on our pets. Unfortunately, a local TV station disagrees. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - March 28, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking acupuncture dog Mike Petty Priya Mann Steve Garagiola veterinarian WDIV Source Type: blogs

The foremost defender of quacks is concerned that doctors won ’ t be able to get CME credit for studying quackery any more
The legal world's foremost defender of quacks issues a warning that the ACCME will stop accrediting continuing medical education courses that teach quackery credulously. Gee, he says that as though it would be a bad thing. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - March 27, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking ACCME medical education quackademic medicine Richard Jaffe Source Type: blogs