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In reply to the discussion: Scientific American: Bash Homeopathy and Bigfoot Less, Mammograms and War More [View all]womanofthehills
(9,131 posts)84. I think there is some projection going on here!
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Scientific American: Bash Homeopathy and Bigfoot Less, Mammograms and War More [View all]
GliderGuider
May 2016
OP
Me too, and from what he wrote here, John Horgan seems like a good skeptic also.
cpwm17
May 2016
#62
ORAC is Dr. David Gorski, an oncologist/surgeon, specializing in breast cancer.
longship
May 2016
#88
OK, here's a risk assessment for you, if you have a case of the shivers, or a mild cold...
Humanist_Activist
May 2016
#18
American Acad of Pediatrics March 2016 issue contains this article, simplistic memes notwithstanding
proverbialwisdom
May 2016
#97
Because there are flaws in the scientific method doesn't mean it should be ignored.
Oneironaut
May 2016
#34
That's medical malpractice, where as alternative "medicine" doesn't even rise to the level of...
Humanist_Activist
May 2016
#17
sorry but as someone who has lost a mother and grandmother to breast cancer I will never
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#26
But think about the hell treatment put them through: why do that to well women?
LeftyMom
May 2016
#47
All I know is my daughter has about a thousand times better chance of surviving than my
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#48
Well I had a preventative double mastectomy when I was 29. I am now 40.
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#50
Well of course we need better screening. No one is arguing that. We especially need
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#54
Yes opiods cause much harm and yes we need better pain management and we need to
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#66
Oh, I agree. I am glad to see some doctors refusing to prescribe some cancer
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#71
As long as you gave informed consent? I'm totally in favor of having that option.
LeftyMom
May 2016
#56
My daughter is young and has dense breast tissue so she gets digital mammograms.
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#58
right, there's no use building up a culture war: the CSICOP types are locked into this
MisterP
May 2016
#44
All ideologies suck, the scientific included. Life is a messy business, the universe is very big...
hunter
May 2016
#55
If they think religion is a delusion, they know as little about delusions as they do about religion.
rug
May 2016
#67
ever note how the only two groups that say there's an irreconcilable difference between religion
MisterP
May 2016
#72
Since you bring it up, in the interests of transparency here's how our conversation unfolded:
GliderGuider
May 2016
#112