Results for: Subluxation
Science-Based Satire: TCM Experts Baffled by Man Born Without Meridians
Has the first case of complete congenital Qi deficiency been diagnosed in Massachusetts? Is it possible to run a successful landscaping business without any meridians? Where can you get acupuncture and your car detailed at the same time? All these questions and more will be answered in today's post, which I completely made up.
The Good. The Bad. The Ugly.
Anything new regarding stroke and chiropractic neck manipulation?
A Global Summit Conclusion: No Evidence of an Effect of SMT [Spinal Manipulative Therapy] for the Management of Non-Musculoskeletal Disorders
A new systematic review places one more nail in the coffin of chiropractic vertebral subluxation theory and the use of spinal manipulation as a treatment for non-musculoskeletal disorders.
Diagnostic Reflections
At the end of a long and storied career I reflect upon making a medical diagnosis. No reflection is one way to diagnose a vampire.
It Will Take More Than “Courage” to Restore Public Trust in Medicine
Judah Kreinbrook, a first year medical student, responds to a post on Sensible Medicine by a medical student that exaggerated the risk of myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccines while expressing anger at how trust in medicine has been undermined. Having been raised by a family steeped in antivaccine views, Kreinbrook invokes his journey to SBM to gently correct his fellow medical student and...
The Washington Post Takes on Baby Chiropractic
A recent Washington Post article takes on baby chiropractic and...it isn't terrible! In fact, I've seen many that are a lot worse. Still, sadly, there is an unfortunate and undeserved false balance that should have been cut from the first draft.
Medicare and Alternative Medicine
Medicare is paying for nonsense.
Alternative Reproduction?
Are there effective forms of SCAMs for birth control or reproduction? Of course not.
Chiropractic for Pediatric Seizures: Marketing in the Form of a Case Report
Here we are again with yet another case report full of limitations but making bold claims regarding chiropractic care of children with real medical conditions.
An SBM Advocate Goes To Washington
An update on the strategies and deceptions used by the CAM movement to promote their treatments.