Sysiphus Speaks

There is Tinker Bell effect, where “things that are thought to exist only because people believe in them.”

Drinking hydrogen peroxide kills. Homeopaths don't care if their nostrums kill children. Acupuncture is placebo. But you knew that. Saudi Arabia bans reiki for the damnedest reasons. Eating placentas. And more.

Every time I read a pediatric acupuncture study I realize just how broken the IRB system is when it come to protecting vulnerable populations from being abused by pseudo-medical providers.

The issue is a basic one: what is chiropractic? Because various factions have very different views on the answer to that question, the challenges in drafting a set of rules for chiropractic education that everyone can agree upon are understandably formidable.

FDA confirms elevated levels of belladonna in certain homeopathic teething products. Homeopaths prove water not toxic to fish. Lots of acupuncture recommendations, little good data. Legislative alchemy with Jann Bellamy. Everything is CAM. And more.

Nothing brings it home like numbers. Today I came across the US mortality statistics from 1905.

What, you may ask, is BS? My first hit on Google says Simply put, it means the flow of Blood is slowed down and brought to a static state. We call that clot in medicine. Normally, Blood is stored in the Liver WTF? and propelled by the Heart Qi to flow through the body.

Liver toxicity from herbs. Popped lungs from acupuncture. Chiropractic does not help scoliosis. Yoga is just exercise. There are eight kinds of wind: Great Feathery Wind, Scheming Wind, Hard Wind, Great Hard Wind, Ferocious Wind, Infant’s Wind, Feathery Wind and, yes, Breaking Wind. And more.

There is a shortage of primary care providers in Oregon. The wrong solution is paying providers who are educated in pseudo-science, trained in pseudo-science and practice pseudo-science. As Simon Singh noted, just because there are issues with the airlines does not mean we should use magic carpets.

As it turns out, direct entry midwife and naturopath-assisted "natural childbirth" is a lot like naturopathic practice in general: feel-good theater versus actual education, training, demonstrated competence and better results. This may not make always make a difference when you're dealing with the worried well. But when two lives are on the line all at once, I'll go with results over atmospherics any day. Apparently, the state of Oregon is starting to agree. 

Haemophilus influenzae b deaths in the unvaccinated. The Cleveland Clinic's Dr. Neides beloved by the anti-vaccine. Naturopaths get more unjustified practice expansion in Mass. Legislative update. Chiropractic does not work for shoulder pain. 80% of Chinese literature is fabricated. Homeopaths torture cats. Parasites like milk. And more.

Michigan chiropractors support a bill (House Bill 4712; more information here) allowing them to prescribe physical therapy for their patients. Physical therapists oppose the bill, along with medical doctors, as well as business and insurance interests, who are concerned about costs.

Institutional Review Board protect neither animals or children from nonsense.

Child dies as parents do not trust doctors. Massachusetts wants to license ND's. Yoga should be yogas. Seek fertility help from a holistic iridologist.

She was, in my opinion, totally defrauded by this unnamed chiropractor: bait and switch of the price, given services and studies she didn't need or ask for, and she got better on her own with time and still she would be willing to see a chiropractor.