QuackCast

Alt.med 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.

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.

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

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.

34% to 42% of Americans use alternative medicine each year. True? Of course not. See how data is misrepresented to support nonsense.

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.

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

Seven rules of thumb to identify quackery, with examples. Also more on the potential dangers of homeopathy. Copyright 2006, creative commons.

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.

A review of the practice of naturopathy, not particularly favorable for some odd reason. Copyright 2007, Pusware LLC and Mark Crislip.

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.

A review of probiotics: theory, use and complications. Copyright 2007 Creative Commons

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. Podcast copyright 2007, PuswareLLC and creative commons.

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. Copywrite 2007 Pusware LLC.

A look at the iridology, a form of fiction mistaken as a diganostic modality. Copywrite 2007 Pusware LLC and Creative Commons.

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. Copywrite 2007, creative commons. Pusware LLC.

Quackcast 21, my podcast can now drink in Oregon. A review of the medical literature of SCAMS: supplements, complementary and alternative medicine. Copywrite 2007, creative commons.

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. Copyright 2007, Creative commons license and Pusware LLC.

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.