14 April 2014 by John Underhay
The CBC recently aired a “National Check Up” health panel segment ostensibly to discuss the current state of medical research. The panel, led by Peter Mansbridge, consisted of internal medicine specialist Dr. Ali Zentner; Dr. Danielle Martin from Women’s College Hospital in Toronto; and alternative medicine expert Bryce Wylde. Wylde is no stranger to those of […]
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14 April 2014 by Erik Davis
Naturopaths are allowed to call themselves doctors in Ontario, placing them alongside Physicians, Dentists, Psychologists, Optometrists, and (regrettably) Chiropractors as a statutorily-legitimized and protected class of healthcare provider. When someone is given the right to call themselves a doctor, we expect a very high level of medical training and expertise. So it’s fair to ask just […]
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Featured, Health Policy, Medicine, Ontario, Skepticism6 Comments
09 April 2014 by Kim Hebert
Another foreign government report has been released concluding that homeopathy is worthless. The UK government [pdf] concluded that homeopathy was no better than placebo. The Swiss even threw them a bone and lowered the standard of evidence for the review and came to the same conclusion. Now the Australian government [pdf] has completed its review […]
Posted in Alt-Med or Alt-Menace?, Alternative Medicine, Featured, Health, Health Canada Approves..., Health Policy, Skepticism2 Comments
07 April 2014 by Kim Hebert
Chili’s (a restaurant chain, for those who aren’t already familiar with their earworm baby back ribs song) came under fire this weekend for a promotion in which they would donate a percentage of money from purchases today (7 April 2014) to an autism charity called the National Autism Association. Unfortunately for Chili’s awareness campaign, they […]
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05 April 2014 by Michael Kruse
This week, the Royal Society of Canada released a report by their Expert Panel on Safety Code 6. Safety Code 6 is the Health Canada standard that sets recommended exposure limits for radio-frequencies. The last update was in 2013, and Health Canada wanted the RSC’s advice on the updates to make sure they were up […]
Posted in Canada, Health Policy, Media5 Comments
18 March 2014 by John Underhay
In 2011, I wrote an evaluation of a migraine treatment product that was just beginning to move across the Atlantic from Europe. Cefaly is a headband that delivers electrical stimulation externally to the major occipital and transgeminal nerves. The idea is that transcutaneous nerve stimulation can have similar results reported for more invasive treatments. However even the careful placement […]
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24 February 2014 by Michael Kruse
Elizabeth May, the leader of the Green Party of Canada has been pushing for the adoption of a national Lyme disease strategy in Canada. Her private member’s bill, Bill C-442, outlines the urgent need for more up-to-date testing and treatment. In as much as acute Lyme disease, infection by the bacteria Borrelia borgdorferi*, is a […]
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06 February 2014 by Michael Kruse
In a recent article for the Globe and Mail, self-styled health-guru Bryce Wylde has stuck his foot in it again. In an article entitled Eight easy, natural ways to keep the flu at bay (without leaving home) Wylde has proven that the only thing he can do without leaving home is make up dangerous health […]
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04 February 2014 by Gem Newman
Dr. W. Gifford-Jones, a prolific syndicated pseudonymous newspaper columnist, has written yet another article on the purported dangers of “radiation” from electronic devices. Well known to Canadian skeptics for advocating placebo cures, blaming “dirty electricity” for a host of common ailments, and promoting accusations that Health Canada is “terrorizing” the proprietors of health food stores, […]
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07 December 2013 by John Underhay
Just a year ago a paper by Gilles-Eric Séralini published in the Journal of Food and Chemical Toxicology, Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize created a stir in the anti-GMO community. It was touted around the world as the definitive proof that GMOs caused cancer, just as many […]
Posted in Diet and Nutrition, Environment, Featured, Science, Skepticism5 Comments
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Getting Skeptical of the Dog Whisperer
Dr. Oz, Bryce Wylde, and the Canadian Law Against "False or Misleading News"
Anti-Wifi Group Granted Ability to File Representative Complaint with B.C. Human Rights Tribunal
A Tale of Alphagetti Credentials - Part 2: "Registered BioEnergetics Practitioners"
Homeopaths are not Medical Experts
Naturopath Education: Still Replete With Bollocks
Health Canada – It’s Far Past Time to Put a Stop to the NHPD Farce
Autism “Awareness”
Royal Society of Canada and Safety Code 6
Update on Cefaly
Chronic Lyme Disease Creeps into Green Party Bill
Bryce Wylde’s Bad Flu Advice
Does Dr. Gifford-Jones Understand Science?
Séralini Paper Retracted – GMOs do not cause cancer in Rats
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