Comments on: Medical blog now online

By: Ethan

Ethan — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:23:47 +0000

Thanks for the link. Looks pretty cool from what I can tell. http://www.breakthroughdigest.com/

By: MO Man

MO Man — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:39:36 +0000

Quiet Desperation doesn’t have anyone in the family who is gullible? Obvious conclusion: QD is an orphan.
Another one of the five writers will be Wallace Sampson, I do believe, who has been active with CISCOP and putting out a newsletter on garbage medicine for many years. Go, Wally!

By: tacitus

tacitus — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:17:23 +0000

Ah, but I said “almost everybody”.

Sorry.

By: revmonkeyboy

revmonkeyboy — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:02:40 +0000

I believe that the medical antiscience groups are the most dangerous out there. This is not just a case of giving hope to those who can not be treated by modern medicine, they target those than can easily be treated by modern medicine. I have Type 1 Diabetes, my illness can be treated, but there are many claiming an “herbal cure” or other such nonsense. It shocks me that the scammers do not even understand the disease at all, as many patients do not. Knowledge is the best weapon against any such disease. Not understanding this can easily take years off your life.

I hear the “they don’t want to cure it” excuse nearly daily. I watch the research, it seems a huge waste of money to do so much research in something that you do not want to cure. Another point: Do you know any researcher that would pass up a Nobel Prize? How about the adoration of millions. I would personally send flowers to the person or team that cures my diabetes. They would get fame, fortune, and a name in history, not many would pass that up!

By: Quiet Desperation

Quiet Desperation — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:47:44 +0000

— And I’m willing to bet that almost everyone who reads this blog knows has a family member or friend who has been taken in by them. I certainly have.

Nope. Not a one.

Will you be paying off in cash or check?

By: Quiet Desperation

Quiet Desperation — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:45:25 +0000

— …but what does “woo” stand for?

The World Order Organization, the main ubercorporation backed group that is working secretly to bring the entire globe under the thrall of a very few power elite.

They have already fired the first salvo of 2008 in their attempt to radio control California’s thermostats.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/11/america/calif.php

— Forgive my ignorance…

Nein! There is no forgiveness in the upcoming World Order! You shall be driven into the work pits, your yammering silenced forever!

By: Philip

Philip — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:00:51 +0000

Forgive my ignorance but what does “woo” stand for?

Philip

By: tacitus

tacitus — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:50:19 +0000

This does seem to be an area of “woo” that (sadly) spans the political spectrum. Scratch a big pharma conspiracy theorist (they want to keep us all sick) or a vaccine skeptic (ineffective poison) and you’re just as likely to find a liberal underneath as you are a conservative.

Given that there are a lot of sick people out there, for whom conventional medicine has, as yet, no treatments or cures, it’s not surprising that there are many charlatans out there who peddle in false hope. And I’m willing to bet that almost everyone who reads this blog knows has a family member or friend who has been taken in by them. I certainly have.

By: MandyDax

MandyDax — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:52:31 +0000

LiveJournal’s feed is scibasedmed:
http://syndicated.livejournal.com/scibasedmed/

Thanks for pointing this out, Phil. I work in a hospital, and you wouldn’t believe how hard it is to convince people that an antibiotic will do nothing against a virus. That’s just the skin of the tip of the iceberg.