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There has been a lot of rubbish posted recently on this board purporting to be medicine news. However, none of them pass muster when examined with a sceintific and critical eye.
Here are some legitimate websites run by medical professionals who are academic researches or independent physicians, not "shills for big pharma" as the strawman set up by the conspiracy theorists would aver.
Science Based Medicine Blog:
An excellent website containing articles on various medical topics by highly respected researches. THIS SHOULD BE BOOKMARKED BY EVERYONE FOR FREQUENT READING!
Science-Based Medicine
Quackwatch:
An authoritative reference to quackery of various kinds.
Quackwatch
Respectful Insolence:
Another surgeon's blog on medical news, examined critically.
Respectful 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
The SkepDoc:
Dr. Harriet Halls web page:
The SkepDoc
Bookmark these sites, read them regularly. It will improve your critical thinking skills and allow you to separate the grain from the chaff, or in this case, the legitimate from the snake oil.
Here are some legitimate websites run by medical professionals who are academic researches or independent physicians, not "shills for big pharma" as the strawman set up by the conspiracy theorists would aver.
Science Based Medicine Blog:
An excellent website containing articles on various medical topics by highly respected researches. THIS SHOULD BE BOOKMARKED BY EVERYONE FOR FREQUENT READING!
Science-Based Medicine
Quackwatch:
An authoritative reference to quackery of various kinds.
Quackwatch
Respectful Insolence:
Another surgeon's blog on medical news, examined critically.
Respectful 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
The SkepDoc:
Dr. Harriet Halls web page:
The SkepDoc
Bookmark these sites, read them regularly. It will improve your critical thinking skills and allow you to separate the grain from the chaff, or in this case, the legitimate from the snake oil.
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