21 March 2013 by Michael Kruse
Cross-posted from Huffington Post Canada On April 1st 2013, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) doctors and acupuncturists in Ontario will need a license to practice their unique brand of healing. This is the first of three vitalistic and unscientific healing practices to start accepting members in Ontario; the naturopaths will be next, followed by the homeopaths. [...]
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Health Policy, Ontario2 Comments
01 October 2012 by Erik Davis
Practitioner Iva Lloyd (Markham, Ontario) Qualifications Naturopathic Doctor (ND), Registered Polarity Therapist & Educator (RPE), and Reiki Master Founder of Naturopathic Foundations Health Clinic Claims That… Intravenous Vitamin C kills cancer. Cancer can be fed by the food that you eat. Infra-red saunas can eliminate chemicals that promote cancer growth. Homeopathy and hydrotherapy are useful [...]
Posted in Alt-Med or Alt-Menace?, Alternative Medicine, Ontario, Skepticism7 Comments
07 September 2012 by Erik Davis
Practitioner Sat Dharam Kaur (Owen Sound, Ontario) Qualifications Naturopathic Doctor Claims That… Teenagers can prevent breast cancer by wearing a looser bra, spending an hour a week in the sauna, filtering their shower water, not Scotchgarding their furniture, celebrating Rachel Carson Day, and 60 other easy to implement strategies.
Posted in Alt-Med or Alt-Menace?, Alternative Medicine, Ontario, Skepticism1 Comment
03 September 2012 by Steve Thoms
Once in a while, a major Canadian media outlet runs a story on some alternative medicine fad. These stories often have several themes in common: 1) Claims that the fad in question is derived from ancient knowledge and practices. 2) Paradoxically, it’s totally new and hip. 3) It’s also fairly expensive. 4) You have to [...]
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Diet and Nutrition, Health, Ontario, Skepticism3 Comments
31 January 2012 by Karl Mamer
After about an hour of bringing us up to speed on who King was and the beliefs of the Aetherius Society, Jaggard got into the “irrefutable evidence”. Alas, it was nothing like an alien body or parts of a saucer. Jaggard admits he believes the existence of alien-piloted UFOs is a given. Me, I’m [...]
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30 January 2012 by Karl Mamer
My best friend Terry has, for the want of something to occupy his time, decided to become the leading expert on the Betty and Barney Hill UFO abduction case. I keep promising the listeners of my Conspiracy Skeptic podcast that I’m going to have him on as a guest and blow the lid off the [...]
Posted in Astronomy, Ontario, Skepticism1 Comment
09 December 2011 by Michael Kruse
On November 29th, 2011, the Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons voted to accept their new revision of the policy on Complementary/Alternative Medicine, a policy that has undergone revision with community consultation over the past two years. Skeptics at the Centre For Inquiry’s Committee for the Advancement of Scientific Skepticism, after celebrating a win described here, [...]
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23 November 2011 by Michael Kruse
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario are poised to vote on the new revision to the Complementary/Alternative Medicine policy that has been under review for the past several years. The new revision sports a name change and other clarifications that are generally good, however, the restrictions put on doctors to offer their opinion on [...]
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Medicine, Ontario3 Comments
25 October 2011 by Michael Kruse
I am on my way down to CSIcon in New Orleans, and currently in the town of Branson, Missouri, the Niagara Falls of The Heartland here in the United States. It was great to hear from my co-chair Iain Martel at the Committee for the Advancement of Scientific Skepticism (CASS) at the Centre for Inquiry [...]
Posted in Health Policy, Ontario, Skepticism1 Comment
19 October 2011 by Michael Kruse
This past year the Centre for Inquiry Canada, through its Committee for the advancement of Scientific Skepticism (CASS) submitted a complaint the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) through the Hon. Deb Matthews M.P.P Minister of Health and Long Term Care regarding a collection of homeopaths who had been using the restricted title [...]
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Health Policy, Ontario, Skepticism6 Comments
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