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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
Podcast #242 - Mar 3 2010

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Podcast #86 - Feb 21 2010

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This week's topics are:
Special Guest: James Randi
News Items: Chile Earthquake, Darwinius Revisited, Raining Fish, Acupuncture for Depression, Haunted Hotels
Who's That Noisy
Your Questions and E-mails: Contrarion vs Skeptic, Personality Tests
Science or Fiction
This week's topic is:
Psi
 Blogs
Mar
11
Acupuncture Does Not Work for IVF
Steven Novella, Neurologica
Acupuncture is a so-called complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modality I frequently tackle because it often provides excellent teaching points on the relationship between science and the practice of medicine. My reading of the literature is that acupuncture is highly implausible and the evidence does not support its efficacy for any indication. And yet it is [...]
 
Mar
11
CAM on campus: Integrative Medicine
Tim Kreider, Science-Based Medicine
My previous posts have described guest lecturers at my medical school campus, invited by a student interest group in CAM. Those events continue; currently ongoing is an 8-weekend certification course in Ayurveda for the subsidized cost of $1500 (includes “tuition, syllabus, and personal guru”). I could pick on this student group, but what’s the point? [...]
 
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