You're going to jail: This week in Doubtful News for November 19, 2013
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It was a HUGE week in "doubtful" news. Here is a rundown of the hype and important legal developments that occurred this past week courtesy of Doubtful News.
There were some important court decisions this week. The wheels of justice are turning.
Alleged psychic Sylvia Mitchell is going to jail and she admits she was on the wrong path.
The Schaibles plead "no contest" to the faith healing death of their second child in order to avoid a trial.
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The Honest Liar - What's America's Most Deceptive Sport?
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If you're the kind of baseball fan I am, now that the baseball season is over you're counting the days until pitchers and catchers report for spring training, and hungry for a little baseball news or information. So in this installment of the Honest Liar, I turn my attention away from traditional skeptic subjects and take a look at the critically important but concealed role that deception plays in the American pastime.
After you've watched the video, you might be interested in this incident that occurred in the post season, in September, in a game between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles, and a confrontation that arose over the issue of stealing signs:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130909&content_id=60063676&c_id=bal
Last Week In Science Based Medicine
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Here is a recap of the stories that appeared last week at Science-Based Medicine, a multi-author skeptical blog that separates the science from the woo-woo in medicine.
Medical cranks: Why we fight (David Gorski) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/medical-cranks-why-we-fight/ Videos of presentations from TAM 2013: David Gorski’s and Bob Blaskiewicz’s talks about cancer quack Burzynski and a panel discussion on “Medical Cranks and Quacks” with both of them plus Steven Novella, Harriet Hall, and Mark Crislip.
Revealed by the FDA: The results of the most recent inspection of the Burzynski Clinic (David Gorski) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/revealed-by-the-fda-the-results-of-the-most-recent-inspection-of-the-burzynski-clinic/ In 2012, when a child died from Burzynski’s experimental treatments, the FDA ordered him to stop enrolling new children in his clinical trials. Now the prohibition has been extended to adults, and the FDA has released a long list of egregious violations found during their inspection. It’s hard to understand why he wasn’t shut down completely a long time ago.
Colonoscopy and Other Colorectal Cancer Screening Options: An Update (Harriet Hall) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/colonoscopy-and-other-colorectal-cancer-screening-options-an-update/ New data show that colonosocopy cuts the incidence of colon cancer and death from colon cancer by more than half. The pros and cons of the procedure are reviewed and other screening options are discussed.
There are spiders in the bananas: This week in Doubtful News for November 12, 2013
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Here is a rundown of the weird, wacky woo-woo and WOW courtesy of Doubtful News.
We begin with a story that we really wish was an urban legend but turns out is true. Venomous spiders do hitch a ride on bananas. But it is rare, don't stop eating bananas!
This story, however, was a rumor that spread far and wide like a tsunami, of trash.
There was a live person buried in a grave. I feel bad for the person who was there when he clawed his way out.
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Last Week In Science Based Medicine
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Here is a recap of the stories that appeared last week at Science-Based Medicine, a multi-author skeptical blog that separates the science from the woo-woo in medicine.
The sad saga of an Amish girl with a curable cancer whose parents are refusing chemotherapy in favor of “natural healing” (David Gorski) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-sad-saga-of-an-amish-girl-with-a-curable-cancer-whose-parents-are-refusing-chemotherapy-in-favor-of-natural-healing/ A 10 year old girl with lymphoma was responding well to chemotherapy, but the parents stopped her treatment in the belief that it was killing her. The hospital got a medical guardian appointed, but the parents fled with the child. A controversy erupted about parental rights, natural treatments, and other related issues.
Update: Chiropractic Neck Manipulation and Stroke (Harriet Hall) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/update-chiropractic-neck-manipulation-and-stroke/ The risk of stroke with neck manipulation is generally recognized, but many chiropractors would still like to shift the blame elsewhere. A new study tries to show that the association doesn’t qualify as causation by Hill’s criteria. The author’s arguments are unconvincing and don’t take the “smoking gun” cases into account or address the risk/benefit ratio.
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