| What is Science? - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:00:33 +0000 |
| Consider these statements: …there is an evidence base for biofield therapies. (citing the Cochrane Review of Touch Therapies) The larger issue is what constitutes “pseudoscience” and what information is worthy of dissemination to the public. Should the data from our well conducted, rigorous, randomized controlled trial [of 'biofield healing'] be dismissed because the mechanisms are [...] |
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| IgG Food Intolerance Tests: What does the science say? - Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:30:48 +0000 |
| I spend a lot of time as a pharmacist discussing side effects and allergies to drugs. For your own safety, I won’t recommend or dispense a drug until I know your allergy status. I don’t limit the history to drugs—I want to know anything you’re allergic to, be it environmental, food, insects, or anything else. [...] |
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| Mass Media Attention Psychogenic Syndrome–MMAPS - Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:32:20 +0000 |
| By now you have probably heard of the middle and high school children in LeRoy, NY who have come down with what some reports are calling a “mystery” illness. Of course it is almost obligatory to note in such stories that doctors or experts are “baffled.” There are several features of this story that are [...] |
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