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Comment on Why should anyone believe what Professor Edzard Ernst says, after he put his name to a BBC programme, he now describes as “deception”. by Richard

Richard — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:14:00 +0000

Had my 8 of 12 chemo session today, feel like shite only professor Ernst can get me off my sick bed, and comment on another of his polemics in “Pulse”. Not one of my legitamate resons were discussed in this article. Its like a religion and people should have faith and not question the vaccination gospel, hardly being skeptical. http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/comment-blogs/-/blogs/13460869/twelve-reasons-people-take-an-anti-vaccine-stance

Comment on Why should anyone believe what Professor Edzard Ernst says, after he put his name to a BBC programme, he now describes as “deception”. by Fedup

Fedup — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:37:00 +0000

Even better.
PROFESSOR EDZARD ERNST: MASTER TRICKSTER
OF EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE?http://www.anh-europe.org/files/071115-Edzard-Ernst-exposee_final.pdf

Comment on Why should anyone believe what Professor Edzard Ernst says, after he put his name to a BBC programme, he now describes as “deception”. by Fedup

Fedup — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:35:00 +0000

I do like this, check out the comments and replies to said comments.
http://www.anh-europe.org/news/edzard-ernst-on-the-self-promotion-trail

Comment on Latest from the British Chiropractic Association’s president Richard Brown (The guy who thought it was a good idea to sue Simon Singh). No icebergs sail on, full speed ahead. by Feet Problems – 9 Tips for Feet Problems

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Comment on The General Chiropractic Council needs your registration fees to survive and will not put up fees for fear many chiropractors will come off the register by Feet Problems – 9 Tips for Feet Problems

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Comment on How a few motivated "Geeks" defeated an apathetic profession by G BIDDELL

G BIDDELL — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:07:00 +0000

I would also like to add that medicine saves lives every day and we are the luckiest nation on earth to have a free system at our disposal and that public has nothing but admiration towards hard working scientists who are truly trying to make a difference to our lives. My comments are for those “skeptics” who suggest that one man can have all the answers by claiming to be a professor of a subject he has no experience or knowledge of, and by doing a couple of trials himself or even meta analysis of a few previous haphazard trials. Peer reviewed studies are the ideal we all strive for, but the reality is there are many constraints on them, ie. bias, time, sample size, cultural and geographical differences, inability to control all the variables, misapprehensions, press interference, political leanings and pressure to publish, to name a few. Also, clinical studies by definition are very precise and detailed and take lots of time and effort and money and sometimes a life time is not enough; it is built upon by the next generations. We have scientific discoveries all the time with better equipment and understanding which sometimes negates our previous conclusions or takes it in a different direction. It is a slow process as there seems to be no bounds to our learning and advancing our knowledge base which is fascinating. CAM is an area full of epistemological presuppositions and cognitive dissonance for most clinicians. However some medics and hospitals are increasingly beginning to study and incorporate it in their treatments and some go as far as openly opposing EE’s strongly held negative views and dismissive attitude. We will just have to “watch this space” as to what future holds as EBM and CAM try to further diffuse together…

Comment on After the Storm–what have we learned? That Richard Brown has learned nothing . by Richard

Richard — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:16:00 +0000

Hi McJimmoney, I am curious as to what you think Chiropractic is then, its got to be more than anything goes except McTimmoney. I have been searching for a definition for fifteen years but cannot find one that chiropractors can agrees on, if chiropractors had some sort of consensus perhaps you could make the case. For example I am not a chiropractor in the UK but some would say, I practice the art of chiropractic better than most. There are far stranger techniques being used by chiropractors to correct subluxations than McTimmoney. So what in your mind makes a chiropractor and what he does in his practice?

Comment on After the Storm–what have we learned? That Richard Brown has learned nothing . by Liam

Liam — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:59:00 +0000

McJimmoney, would you also class a piece of mechanical equipment designed by a chiropractor (not a mechanical engineer) as a chiropractic method/tool? what would a chiropractor know about engineering?

Comment on After the Storm–what have we learned? That Richard Brown has learned nothing . by Liam

Liam — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:23:00 +0000

McJimmoney you are showing your lack of knowledge. Would you put DD under that umbrella of “just inventing something?” John McT did not just develop something after treatment, “Some years later (around 1949), he met Dr Mary Walker of Oxford, an early graduate of the Palmer School of Chiropractic in Iowa who had trained under B J Palmer, the son of D D Palmer. She was then in her seventies, wanting to train others in the skills she practised, to carry them forward to form a profession in this country. An innovator and a pioneer herself of considerable dedication to chiropractic, Mary Walker recognised a kindred spirit in John McTimoney. She set out to develop his formidable talents. She ensured that he kept to a strict training schedule, in spite of the long journeys by bicycle this entailed. John was unable to pay the £200 fees, but Dr Walker trained him in the basics of chiropractic and he qualified in the early 1950s.”

Comment on After the Storm–what have we learned? That Richard Brown has learned nothing . by McTimmoney_McJimmoney

McTimmoney_McJimmoney — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:36:00 +0000

I suppose I would define chiropractic as that developed by a chiropractor. If one of my patients went home after getting adjusted and over the next few months developed a technique based on his care I would be retiscent to describe it as a chiropractic technique or method of treatment.