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Dec 8 2009 03:57pm
Quackwatch is the best source on the web for quackpot medical claims, hands down.

The Quackwatch board is composed of over 60 Medical Doctors (and various other professionals). Dr Barrett (the head of Quackwatch) is retired and has a medical license issued from the Pennsylvania Board of Medicine, classified as "Active – Retired".

Quackwatch is funded completely by donations with a operating budge of about $7,000 a year. Quackwatch has never had a salaried employee.

The American Cancer Society describes their classification of pseudo-scientific health claims as:
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Our gold standard relied on selected unproven cancer treatments identified by experts at http://www.quackwatch.org. The website is maintained by a 36 year old nonprofit organization whose mission is to “combat health related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct.” The group employs a 152 person scientific and technical advisory board composed of academic and private physicians, dentists, mental health advisors, registered dietitians, podiatrists, veterinarians, and other experts whom review health related claims. By using unproven treatments identified by an oversight organization, we capitalized on an existing high quality review.


If you don't think Quackwatch is a good source for information about medical quack-pottery, then I can't imagine what you would consider a good source. It is the gold standard.
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Dec 8 2009 04:26pm
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Dec 9 2009 07:28pm
Quote (Azrad @ Dec 8 2009 04:57pm)
If you don't think Quackwatch is a good source for information about medical quack-pottery, then I can't imagine what you would consider a good source. It is the gold standard.


Dude.. it's one source of biased only news. And you want me to take advice on one sided views from you?
You do see the irony here don't you?

Quackwatch is probably responsible for many many good deeds, but don't pretend they aren't agenda based. This guy is rubbing shoulders with politically powerful people, and he doesn't need the profit for a reason. It's no better than any crackpot they crack open. Yarly.
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Dec 9 2009 07:36pm
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This guy is rubbing shoulders with politically powerful people, and he doesn't need the profit for a reason.
Please list your exact evidence for this claim. Please explain how he has more ties to the AMA (or any other organization or "powerful people") than your local family doctor.
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It's no better than any crackpot they crack open. Yarly.


I know what you are trying to say. You feel the truth and reality are subjective, so a person who posts a blog about how he can cure cancer by bouncing ping pong balls off your forhead is just as reliable as Quackwatch right? Maybe in your fucked up world. The rest of us give a damn about what is real effective medicine.

This post was edited by Azrad on Dec 9 2009 07:45pm
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