06 September 2011 by John Underhay
According to the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors (ND), there are approximately 1500 NDs practising in Canada. The Council on Naturopathic Medical Education (CNME) is the accreditation body for NDs and lists the following schools: The Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine (New Westminster, British Columbia) The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (Toronto, Ontario) The [...]
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02 July 2011 by Erik Davis
Five of our skeptical best from Julys past… Canada AM Goes Wylde Kim makes the mistake of watching morning television, and gets a hazing in the glorious nonsense that is Bryce Wylde. It wouldn’t be their last encounter, but she never watched TV before primetime again. Defender of Science-Based Medicine Sued Scott tells us how [...]
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28 February 2011 by Erik Davis
It’s a scene from the blogosphere that’s become all too familiar. A skeptic challenges a natural health product for the lack of an evidentiary base. A proponent of that product responds that the skeptic has made a logical error – an absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, and in such a scenario it’s not [...]
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13 February 2011 by Melany Hamill
Hello Skeptifans. Here are your Fails and Wins this week. Brushing your teeth with soap John sent in this Fail from Dr. Gifford-Jones. He’s a writer we’ve had turn up in the Fails a few times. This article recommends that you ditch your toothpaste and brush with soap. The evidence? Some smart guy told him [...]
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03 November 2010 by Erik Davis
Welcome to Health Canada Approves… where we ask you to determine which products have been licensed by Health Canada’s Natural Health Products Directorate. I took a brief hiatus last week to finish up my series on magical thinking, but am back in the saddle and ready to discuss the results from our latest poll: A not-quite-filibuster-proof [...]
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20 October 2010 by Erik Davis
Welcome to Health Canada Approves… where we ask you to determine which products have been licensed by Health Canada’s Natural Health Products Directorate. Here are the results from last week’s poll. I guess I wasn’t fooling anyone. Fact is, I had eaten some particularly delicious toro the night before and thought, “now this should be [...]
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13 October 2010 by Erik Davis
Welcome to Health Canada Approves… where we ask you to determine which products have been licensed by Health Canada’s Natural Health Products Directorate. Here are the results from last week’s poll. It was a dead heat this week, with the fictional Bhagavad Vitae losing out to Kripps Heal-All — Natural Health Product Number 80001502 — [...]
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06 October 2010 by Erik Davis
Welcome to Health Canada Approves… where we ask you to determine which products have been licensed by Health Canada’s Natural Health Products Directorate. Here are the results from last week’s poll. As the saying goes, you can’t make an anti-depressant out of a hound’s ear. Well, maybe that’s not exactly how the saying goes, but [...]
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29 September 2010 by Erik Davis
Welcome to Health Canada Approves… where we ask you to determine which products have been licensed by Health Canada’s Natural Health Products Directorate. Here are the results from last week’s poll. Sorry folks, while there are many anti-oxidants in the NHPD database, Photosyn 12 is not one of them. To be honest, I’m not even [...]
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22 September 2010 by Erik Davis
Welcome to Health Canada Approves… where we ask you to determine which products have been licensed by Health Canada’s Natural Health Products Directorate. Here are the results from last week’s poll. Buzzardskill 22 was the clear favourite this week, but alas, it is no testament to ancient Anishinaabe wisdom. The actual approved product is Plumbum [...]
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