Legislative Alchemy: Naturopathic licensing bill now before Wisconsin Senate Committee
Science-Based Medicine,
Naturopaths are pushing for licensing in Wisconsin with a bill allowing them to practice as primary care doctors, prescribe…
New Florida law forces physicians to endorse pseudoscience
Science-Based Medicine,
A new Florida law forces physicians to endorse chiropractic, acupuncture, and massage as non-opioid alternatives for pain, even…
Medicare proposal covers acupuncture for back pain study participants: A prelude to full coverage?
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Medicare coverage of acupuncture is under consideration. A new proposal would provide coverage to Medicare patients…
Legislative Alchemy 2018: Chiropractors rebranding as primary care physicians continues
Science-Based Medicine,
Chiropractors are not properly educated and trained to be primary care physicians. Yet, their campaign to rebrand themselves as…
Legislative Alchemy 2018: naturopathic licensing and practice expansion shutout?
Science-Based Medicine,
Naturopathic doctors pushed for licensing and practice expansion in 16 states in 2018. Looks like they are in for a complete…
Direct Primary Care Agreements and Chiropractors: A bad deal for patients
Science-Based Medicine,
Chiropractors are not "primary care physicians" and shouldn't be allowed to pretend otherwise by entering into "direct primary…
Repealing Legislative Alchemy
Science-Based Medicine,
We need to repeal federal and state laws that allow quackery and pseudoscience in healthcare.
Top 10 most read in April: low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly, social prescribing and non-pharmacological interventions for behavioural disturbances in older patients with dementia
BMJ Open,
April sees five new entries in the top 10 most read articles. Reaching number one this month is a systematic review of cohort…
Top 10 Most Read: Negative primary care feedback from minority ethnic patients, higher caesarean sections in for-profit hospitals, adolescents’ sex and drug habits, and biased psychology
BMJ Open,
February sees five new entries in the top 10 most read articles. At number one this month is an experimental vignette study…
Top 10 Most Read: Antidepressant use during pregnancy, medical graduates’ preparedness for practice and E-therapies for stress, anxiety and depression
BMJ Open,
January sees 5 new entries into the top 10 most read articles. At number 4 is a cohort study by Anick Bérard and colleagues…
IgG tests promise to reveal food sensitivities. But are they science or science-ish?
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Top 10 most read: Work-life balance of doctors in training, ultra-processed foods and added sugars in the US diet, and quality of life and visual function in patients with age-related macular degeneration
BMJ Open,
December’s top 10 most read list sees eight new entries. At number one this month is a qualitative study by Rich et al, which…
Fake treatments for real diseases: A review of allergy and asthma advertisements by naturopaths, chiropractors, homeopaths and acupuncturists
Science-Based Medicine,
Asthma can be serious, and needs to be managed with medicine, not magical thinking. For the past few years I’ve been adding to…
(Canadian) quacks advertise lies
Edzard Ernst,
Yes, to a large extend, quacks make a living by advertising lies. A paper just published confirms our worst fears. This survey…