Synopsis
A review of Quacks, Frauds and Charlatans. Oops. Thats not right. That should be Supplements, Complementary and Alternative Medicine i.e. SCAMs. Winner in 2009, 2010, and 2011 of The Peoples Choice Podcast Awards for Best Health Podcast. A side project of Pusware LLC, home of the Infectious DIsease Compendium: A Persiflagers Guide, your uber hyperlinked guide to Infectious Disease, the Persiflagers Infectious Disease Puscast and a Gobbet o Pus.
Episodes
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![Quackcast 45. The Vaccine Pseudo Controversy.]()
Quackcast 45. The Vaccine Pseudo Controversy.
21/09/2016A review of the the alleged side effects of the third greatest invention of all time. After clean water and the flush toilet.
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![Quackcast 46. Mumps.]()
Quackcast 46. Mumps.
21/09/2016Should you get vaccinated or get the real disease? I suggest the former, Medical Voices suggests the latter. See why.
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![Quackcast 47 or so. More on Medical Voices.]()
Quackcast 47 or so. More on Medical Voices.
21/09/2016Medical Voices website has a variety of what could be considered misinformation. I look at the core fallacy, or nut, behind 20 essays on the site.
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![Quackcast 48. Acupuncture CME]()
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![Quackcast 49. Bought and Sold. Who pays for CME.]()
Quackcast 49. Bought and Sold. Who pays for CME.
21/09/2016The best and brightest nonsense money can buy.
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![Quackcast 50. NEJM and Acupuncture.]()
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![Quackcast 51. Short Attention Span Quackcast]()
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![Quackcast 52. Good Journals Gone Bad.]()
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![Quackcast 53. Reflexology.]()
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![Quackcast 55. Homeopathetic Vaccines]()
Quackcast 55. Homeopathetic Vaccines
21/09/2016A review of the airquotes science end airquotes behind the homeopathetic vaccines/nosodes.
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![Quackcast 56. Sky Maul. A meandering look at aspects of acupuncuture by the easily distracted.]()
Quackcast 56. Sky Maul. A meandering look at aspects of acupuncuture by the easily distracted.
21/09/2016Why did the Iceman die 5500 years ago?
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![Quackcast 57. Oh So Silly Oh coccinum and whiny babies.]()
Quackcast 57. Oh So Silly Oh coccinum and whiny babies.
21/09/2016Oh So Silly Oh coccinum and whiny babies. Some odds and ends about influenza treatment and prevention.
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![Quackcast 58. Cranberry Juice and UTI#x27s]()
Quackcast 58. Cranberry Juice and UTI's
21/09/2016After 45 years of investigation and 100 crappy studies you still can't say definitively that Cranberry Juice is effective. Although it probably isn't. But I still like my cosmo.
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![Quackcast 59. The Vaccine Council of Vaccinations Reviewed.]()
Quackcast 59. The Vaccine Council of Vaccinations Reviewed.
21/09/2016The Vaccine Council of Vaccinations doesn't want you and yours to get vaccinated. The data? Pulled out of their, er, well, lets call it thin air. Yeah. Thin Air.
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![Quackcast 61. Deadly Indeed.]()
Quackcast 61. Deadly Indeed.
21/09/2016Thoughts on the recent Skeptical Enquirer article, Seven Deadly Medical Hypotheses.
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![Quackcast 62. The World has Moved On.]()
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![Quackcast 63. Without Borders.]()
Quackcast 63. Without Borders.
21/09/2016Exporting woo to your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses.
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![Quackcast 64. Parasites.]()
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![Quackcast 65. Raw MIlk.]()
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![Quackcast 67. Ambiguity.]()
