11 December 2014 by Kim Hebert
On Friday, 28 November 2014, CBC Marketplace aired an episode (which I recommend watching before reading this) in which they sent parents and their babies to homeopaths for vaccine advice. They were exploring whether homeopaths were one of the sources of misinformation scaring concerned parents away from vaccines. (Note: This article is not about the […]
Posted in Alternative Medicine, British Columbia, Conspiracy Theories, Health, Ontario, Pseudoscience, Vaccines0 Comments
29 July 2014 by Gem Newman
This is a guest post by Laura Creek Newman, RD, critically examining health claims about infant formula made by Meghan Telpner, “Nutritionista”, in her recent article What’s Lurking In That Baby Formula? I am going to preface this with my background. I am a registered dietitian practicing for four years, largely in all areas of […]
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24 May 2014 by Gem Newman
The fine folks at AllTrials have an important reminder for Canadians who are concerned about clinical trial transparency, and it’s time-sensitive! We have just heard that we have a chance to improve clinical trial transparency in Canada. Bill C-17 or “Vanessa’s Law” is being considered this Tuesday and there’s a chance to get clinical trial […]
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01 May 2014 by Michael Kruse
Fear sells. Parents are set up to respond to fear-based propaganda quite handily: a new baby in the house puts everyone on alert, like having a delicate glass globe balanced on a knife’s edge, ready to fall at the mere hint of a breeze. The information war over vaccination is an obvious reflection of this […]
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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 […]
Posted in Canada, Featured, Health, Medicinal Advertising6 Comments
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, Skepticism7 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, Skepticism3 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 […]
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, Media11 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 […]
Posted in Featured, Health, Medical Conditions, Medicinal Advertising5 Comments
Homeopaths Respond to CBC Marketplace
There’s Nothing Sinister Lurking in That Baby Formula
Write Canadian MPs to bring Clinical Trial Transparency to Canada
New Film Fights Vaccine Hesitancy
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
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