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MarkCrislip
18 June 2014
I ran across an interesting bit of history in my feeds, Hahnemann and placebo.
From a modern perspective, homeopathy is placebo. Most homeopathic nostrums contain no active ingredients, and p...
MarkCrislip
14 November 2014
Well not really acupuncture, at last not as the ancient Chinese did it. I do not think they had electricity to apply to the needles. But this was an interesting study, Expectancy in Real and Sham Elec...
MarkCrislip
02 June 2015
Modern medicine can be dangerous. It is very complicated and sometimes I feel like Dr. McCoy looking at a dialysis patient. We know so much about the physiology and biochemistry of disease and so ofte...
MarkCrislip
19 February 2016
Scientists debunk theory linking pesticide, not Zika, to birth defectsBMJ Case Rep. 2015 Jun 2;2015. pii: bcr2015210410. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-210410. Oscillococcinum leading to angioedema, a rare adv...
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