Category Archive: quackery

Jun 17 2012

I’m not sure what holistic pain management means

This is … a little weird. This young lady has flesh-eating bacteria running rampant through her body, it’s already cost her some extremities. But she refuses pain meds:

Jun 14 2012

Reiki for dogs: it is too laugh

Respectful Insolence has a truly wonderful, witty article about Reiki woomasters plying their nonsense on helpless, trusting pets. You will enjoy it.

Nov 07 2011

Wanna turn your brown eyes blue?

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A new procedure being developed by a doctor in California may turn your brown eyes blue, literally, for $5,000: Dr. Homer tells KTLA that all brown-eyed people have blue pigment in their irises too — and a quick session under a specially-tuned laser can destroy the melanin in the eye, with the change occurring gradually over …

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Oct 13 2011

This is the kind of thing that could get me in trouble

The headline reads Phillip Winikoff, 81, Allegedly Impersonated Doctor, Performed Breast Exams, and I have to admit, for a moment or two there was a little adolescent giggle bubbling up inside me. Then it struck me that this kind of shit could get someone killed. A misdiagnosis on breast cancer for example could waste valuable time and …

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