Comments on: Battlefield Acupunture

By: blike

blike — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:58:00 +0000

I’ve always been interested in why someone like a radiation oncologist with a strong medical science background would fall prey to such thinking. There are no shortage of MDs, DOs, and other medical professionals who believe stupid things. It is amazing to me that someone can complete such a rigorous science-based academic training and then turn around and push such BS.

By: Battlefield Acupunture

Battlefield Acupunture — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:01:58 +0000

[...] allen green wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptI do not have a problem with holistic medicine, in principle, because I don’t believe that it is entirely without merit. However, proponents of ‘alternative medicine’ are consistently held to a lower standard of testing than … [...]

By: Battlefield Acupunture

Battlefield Acupunture — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:29:29 +0000

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