Respectful Insolence http://scienceblogs.com/insolence "A STATEMENT OF FACT CANNOT BE INSOLENT." THE MISCELLANEOUS RAMBLINGS OF A SURGEON/SCIENTIST ON MEDICINE, QUACKERY, SCIENCE, PSEUDOSCIENCE, HISTORY, AND PSEUDOHISTORY (AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT INTERESTS HIM Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.3 A simultaneously sympathetic and unsympathetic commentary on an antivaccine screed http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/12/07/a-simultaneously-sympathetic-and-unsympathetic-commentary-on-an-antivaccine-screed/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/12/07/a-simultaneously-sympathetic-and-unsympathetic-commentary-on-an-antivaccine-screed/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:00:00 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5983 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/12/07/a-simultaneously-sympathetic-and-unsympathetic-commentary-on-an-antivaccine-screed/feed/ 57 Big pharma wins a battle on off-label prescribing http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/12/06/big-pharma-wins-a-battle-on-off-label-prescribing/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/12/06/big-pharma-wins-a-battle-on-off-label-prescribing/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:57:41 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5980 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/12/06/big-pharma-wins-a-battle-on-off-label-prescribing/feed/ 48 Stanislaw Burzynski: On the arrogance of ignorance about cancer and targeted therapies http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/12/05/arrogance-of-ignorance-about-cancer/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/12/05/arrogance-of-ignorance-about-cancer/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:46:51 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5976 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/12/05/arrogance-of-ignorance-about-cancer/feed/ 200 The mummer’s farce that was the Congressional autism hearing last week http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/12/04/the-mummers-farce-that-was-the-congressional-autism-hearing-last-week/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/12/04/the-mummers-farce-that-was-the-congressional-autism-hearing-last-week/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 08:00:22 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5971 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/12/04/the-mummers-farce-that-was-the-congressional-autism-hearing-last-week/feed/ 88 Crank spin versus science on mammography http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/12/03/crank-spin-versus-science-on-mammography/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/12/03/crank-spin-versus-science-on-mammography/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:17:31 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5963 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/12/03/crank-spin-versus-science-on-mammography/feed/ 37 A response to the father of a Burzynski patient http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/30/a-response-to-the-father-of-a-burzynski-patient/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/30/a-response-to-the-father-of-a-burzynski-patient/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:30:14 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5957 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/30/a-response-to-the-father-of-a-burzynski-patient/feed/ 134 Fundraising for antivaccine research http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/29/fundraising-for-antivaccine-research/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/29/fundraising-for-antivaccine-research/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 08:10:49 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5950 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/29/fundraising-for-antivaccine-research/feed/ 73 H1N1 vaccine and miscarriages: More dumpster diving in the VAERS database http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/28/h1n1-vaccine-and-miscarriages-more-antivaccine-fear-mongering-about-flu-vaccines/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/28/h1n1-vaccine-and-miscarriages-more-antivaccine-fear-mongering-about-flu-vaccines/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:00:00 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5944 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/28/h1n1-vaccine-and-miscarriages-more-antivaccine-fear-mongering-about-flu-vaccines/feed/ 103 Quackademic medicine involving reflexology http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/27/quackademic-medicine-involving-reflexology/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/27/quackademic-medicine-involving-reflexology/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:10:23 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5942 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/27/quackademic-medicine-involving-reflexology/feed/ 55 Stanislaw Burzynski gets off on a technicality http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/26/significance-of-the-tmb-dismissal-case-against-burzynski/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/26/significance-of-the-tmb-dismissal-case-against-burzynski/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:03:18 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5930 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/26/significance-of-the-tmb-dismissal-case-against-burzynski/feed/ 310 Representative Dan Burton’s last antivaccine hurrah is scheduled for November 29 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/23/representative-dan-burtons-last-antivaccine-hurrah-is-scheduled-for-november-29/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/23/representative-dan-burtons-last-antivaccine-hurrah-is-scheduled-for-november-29/#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:40:14 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5928 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/23/representative-dan-burtons-last-antivaccine-hurrah-is-scheduled-for-november-29/feed/ 50 Yet another patient wasting money on Stanislaw Burzynski’s antineoplastons while Burzynski apparently slithers away from justice yet again http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/21/yet-another-patient-wasting-money-on-burzynski/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/21/yet-another-patient-wasting-money-on-burzynski/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:30:59 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5924 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/21/yet-another-patient-wasting-money-on-burzynski/feed/ 89 Stephanie Seneff: Following the Geiers dumpster-diving in the VAERS database http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/20/dumpster-diving-in-the-vaers-database-again/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/20/dumpster-diving-in-the-vaers-database-again/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:28:20 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5917 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/20/dumpster-diving-in-the-vaers-database-again/feed/ 134 The “success” of NCCAM grants on homeopathy http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/19/the-success-of-nccam-grants-on-homeopathy/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/19/the-success-of-nccam-grants-on-homeopathy/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:05:57 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5913 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/19/the-success-of-nccam-grants-on-homeopathy/feed/ 39 Evidence-based medicine: More than a “coin flip” http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/16/evidence-based-medicine-more-than-a-coin-flip/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/16/evidence-based-medicine-more-than-a-coin-flip/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:30:10 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5911 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/16/evidence-based-medicine-more-than-a-coin-flip/feed/ 84 One last paean to naturopathy on—where else?—The Huffington Post http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/15/yet-another-paean-to-naturopathy-on-where-else-the-huffington-post/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/15/yet-another-paean-to-naturopathy-on-where-else-the-huffington-post/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:15:30 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5905 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/15/yet-another-paean-to-naturopathy-on-where-else-the-huffington-post/feed/ 97 “Moneyball,” politics, and science-based medicine http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/14/moneyball-politics-and-science-based-medicine/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/14/moneyball-politics-and-science-based-medicine/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:33:41 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5901 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/14/moneyball-politics-and-science-based-medicine/feed/ 38 “Holistic” versus homeopathy versus The Secret http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/13/holistic-versus-homeopathy-versus-the-secret/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/13/holistic-versus-homeopathy-versus-the-secret/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:03:15 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5897 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/13/holistic-versus-homeopathy-versus-the-secret/feed/ 120 Reiki invades an operating room http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/12/reiki-invades-an-operating-room/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/12/reiki-invades-an-operating-room/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:00:12 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5895 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/12/reiki-invades-an-operating-room/feed/ 644 Eric Merola apparently doesn’t like what Orac writes about Stanislaw Burzynski http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/10/eric-merola-apparently-doesnt-like-what-orac-writes-about-stanislaw-burzynski/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/10/eric-merola-apparently-doesnt-like-what-orac-writes-about-stanislaw-burzynski/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:30:04 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5890 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/10/eric-merola-apparently-doesnt-like-what-orac-writes-about-stanislaw-burzynski/feed/ 99 A paean to naturopathy on—where else?—The Huffington Post http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/09/a-paean-to-naturopathy-on-where-else-the-huffington-post/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/09/a-paean-to-naturopathy-on-where-else-the-huffington-post/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:15:25 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5877 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/09/a-paean-to-naturopathy-on-where-else-the-huffington-post/feed/ 71 Stanislaw Burzynski and “clarity” from the FDA http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/08/stanislaw-burzynski-and-clarity-from-the-fda/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/08/stanislaw-burzynski-and-clarity-from-the-fda/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 08:00:46 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5868 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/08/stanislaw-burzynski-and-clarity-from-the-fda/feed/ 19 Stanislaw Burzynski: Slapped down by the FDA once again http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/07/stanislaw-burzynski-slapped-down-by-the-fda-once-again/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/07/stanislaw-burzynski-slapped-down-by-the-fda-once-again/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:00:32 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5866 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/07/stanislaw-burzynski-slapped-down-by-the-fda-once-again/feed/ 43 A little schadenfreude over animal rights activist Steven Best’s latest little problem http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/06/a-little-schadenfreude-over-animal-rights-activist-steven-best/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/06/a-little-schadenfreude-over-animal-rights-activist-steven-best/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 08:00:45 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5850 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/06/a-little-schadenfreude-over-animal-rights-activist-steven-best/feed/ 68 The results of the unethical and misbegotten Trial to Asess Chelation Therapy (TACT) are finally revealed http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/05/the-results-of-the-unethical-and-misbegotten-trial-to-asess-chelation-therapy/ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/05/the-results-of-the-unethical-and-misbegotten-trial-to-asess-chelation-therapy/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 08:00:40 +0000 Orac http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?p=5835 http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/05/the-results-of-the-unethical-and-misbegotten-trial-to-asess-chelation-therapy/feed/ 121