The yeast connection is examined and found to be disconnected. Read More...

What an article says and what people say it says, and what people say it says it says etc are often not the same thing. I tediously dissect a medical paper and comment of what two commentators say it says. If this kind of description, much less the podcast, is not itself a near death experience, I do not know what is. Copyright 2008, creative commons. Read More...

A cursory review of the immune system and then a review of some medical literature that suggests boosting it will cause you to die die die die die die die die die die die die die........
Got carried away.
Were all gonna DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry. I panic easily.
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Quackcast 21, my podcast can now drink in Oregon.
A review of the medical literature of SCAMS: supplements, complementary and alternative medicine.
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The flu can kill you. What YOU can do to prevent it. Tonight on the 10 o'clock news. Plus, the truth behind Brittany's hair.
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A look at the iridology, a form of fiction mistaken as a diganostic modality. Copywrite 2007 Pusware LLC and Creative Commons. Read More...

The Lancet published a meta anal ysis of echinacea and concluded it was effective. Is it true? Well, what is truth? Listen to the podcast and hear my truth.

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An evaluation of "Atlas vertebrae realignment and achievement of arterial pressure goal in hypertensive patients: a pilot study."
Published in 2007 in the journal of Human Hypertention.
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A review of probiotics: theory, use and complications.
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A review of magnets as a medical intervention. I really should have called it the crap cast, because this is crap. Not the podcast. Magnetic therapy. Copyright 2007 Creative Commons. Read More...

A review of the practice of naturopathy, not particularly favorable for some odd reason.
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A tour of some popular herbs. Reviewing the medical literature with commentary of the following herbs: echinacea, ginkgo, st johns wort, black cohash, saw palmetto, and glucosamine/chondrotin. Copyright 2007 Mark Crislip. Read More...

Seven rules of thumb to identify quackery, with examples.
Also more on the potential dangers of homeopathy.
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Does Chiropractic work for low back pain? Other diseases? Is it safe? What does it take to get into Chiropractic School? The answer to all this and more in this podcast. Copyright 2006, creative commons Read More...

The theory of chiropractic is reviewed and found to be wanting when compared with reality. It has no biologic or physiologic plausibility. But it doesn't stop the AMA having its legal rear handed them by the Chiropractors. Copyright 2006 creative common.org. Read More...

34% to 42% of Americans use alternative medicine each year.

True? Of course not. See how data is misrepresented to support nonsense. Read More...

The efficacy of acupuncture is reviewed and found to be wanting when compared with reality. It doesn't work and has the potential to cause real harm. copyright 2006 Mark Crislip Creative Commons. Read More...

The theory of acupuncture is reviewed and found to be wanting when compared with reality. It has no biologic or physiologic plausibility. Read More...

A review of the medical literature suggests that prayer is not an efficacious therapeutic intervention for medical illnesses.

And I am almost certainly going to h e double toothpicks, if you know what I mean. Read More...

SCAM effects are often attributed to the placebo effect. Turns out the placebo effect does not exist. So when the effect of alt.med is equal to placebo effect, it is the same as saying it is equal to nothing. How true, how true. Read More...

Clinical trials of homeopathy are of poor quality and treat self limited diseases. The better the study, the less well homeopathy does. In the best meta analysis to date, it is concluded that homeopathy doesn't work. Duh. Read More...

Of all the kinds of alt.med available, Homeopathy has to be the most stupid. And thats saying something. Listen and see why. Read More...

Echinacea. A useful adjunct or a load of crap. What do you think I’m going to say?

Crap.
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An occasional skeptical and sarcastic review of alternative medicine. Today: General approach to human stupidity. Read More...