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 68. The Dow of Accutane.]()
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![Quackcast 69. Honey.]()
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![Quackcast 70. SOS DD.]()
Quackcast 70. SOS DD.
21/09/2016SCAM proponents have a different understanding of reality. See Dr. Chopra's writings as the archetype.
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![Quackcast 71. CAM. The Beer Goggles of Medicine.]()
Quackcast 71. CAM. The Beer Goggles of Medicine.
21/09/2016More on how CAM = Placebo. Placebo = nothing. Therefore CAM = Nothing.
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![Quackcast 72. Train Therapy.]()
Quackcast 72. Train Therapy.
21/09/2016Lying on train tracks to improve your health. No worse than homeopathy.
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![Quackcast 73. The Annals of Internal Medicine Qualifies for Fail Blog.]()
Quackcast 73. The Annals of Internal Medicine Qualifies for Fail Blog.
21/09/2016Watch as a formally good Journal publishes amateur garbage on TCM and the ‘treatment’ of flu.
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![Quackcast 74. Gullible George.]()
Quackcast 74. Gullible George.
21/09/2016When it comes to CAM, PBS means Produces Bull Stuff (I do not want to get an explicit tag).
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![Quackcast 75. Recycle.]()
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![Quackcast 76. The Prostrate Placebo.]()
Quackcast 76. The Prostrate Placebo.
21/09/2016Saw palmetto does not work and neither does placebo.
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![Quackcast 77. Alternative vaccination.]()
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![Quackcast 78. Random Flu Thoughts.]()
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![Quackcast 79. Hodgepodge.]()
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![Quackcast 80. Seal of Approval.]()
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![Quackcast 81. Alas poor Craniosacral. A SCAM of infinite jest#x2c of most excellent fancy.]()
Quackcast 81. Alas poor Craniosacral. A SCAM of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.
21/09/2016A race to the bottom for silliness.
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![Quackcast 82. More Placebo.]()
Quackcast 82. More Placebo.
21/09/2016I keep yammering on about the worthless placebo. Oh well, It’s my podcast.
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![Quackcast 83. AK: Nonsense on Full Automatic.]()
Quackcast 83. AK: Nonsense on Full Automatic.
21/09/2016In the race to be the goofiest SCAM, can Applied Kinesiology win?
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![Quackcast 84: Perpetul Motion. The Bravewell Report]()
Quackcast 84: Perpetul Motion. The Bravewell Report
21/09/2016When major medical institutions offer SCAM.
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![Quackcast 85: On the Application of Science.]()
Quackcast 85: On the Application of Science.
21/09/2016Changing practice is not as easy as it would appear.
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![Quackcast 86: The Species in the Feces]()
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![Quackcast 87: Feet of Clay]()
Quackcast 87: Feet of Clay
21/09/2016The NEJM editors apparently do not bother to read their own content, much to my disappointment.
