Catherine de Jong (@cath77777) 's Twitter Profile
Catherine de Jong

@cath77777

anesthesiologist (addiction, pain medicine) secretary Dutch Society against Quackery, boardmember European Council of Skeptical Organisations, pro-vaccination

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Homeopathy is reported to reduce the fatality rate of children with acute encephalitis by 15% - but I find this hard to believe edzardernst.com/2024/09/homeop… via @edzardernst

Ryan Marino, MD (@ryanmarino) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The only “Ozempic alternatives” are prescription drugs. Supplements trying to conflate their mechanisms with GLP1 receptor agonist drugs is a pathetic way to distract from the lack of evidence of benefit from these actual products…misleading people with a scam to profit off them

Ivo van Vulpen (@ivovanvulpen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

‘Pseudowetenschap, ook wel kwakzalverij, online tegengaan is dweilen met de rioolpijp open. Het enige wat ik kan doen is af en toe wat grote drollen uit de vijver vissen en andere aansporen hetzelfde te doen <>’ Heerlijke 300 pagina’s durende (en terechte) rant van Sjamadriaan

‘Pseudowetenschap, ook wel kwakzalverij, online tegengaan is dweilen met de rioolpijp open. Het enige wat ik kan doen is af en toe wat grote drollen uit de vijver vissen en andere aansporen hetzelfde te doen &lt;&gt;’
Heerlijke 300 pagina’s durende (en terechte) rant van <a href="/zeg_eens_aad/">Sjamadriaan</a>
Dr. Jonathan N. Stea (@jonathanstea) 's Twitter Profile Photo

That time a 9-year-old skeptic named Emily Rosa debunked energy healing (a pseudoscientific alternative medicine treatment) and published in a top medical journal. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Lale Gül (@lale_gul89) 's Twitter Profile Photo

parool.nl/columns-opinie… 'Pieter Omtzigt vindt het gemiddelde geboortecijfer in Nederland (1,6) zorgelijk, zei hij onlangs tijdens zijn H.J Schoo-lezing, aangezien een geboortecijfer van minimaal 2,1 nodig is om een populatie te behouden en te vervangen. Als we in de toekomst

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Homeopathy is reported to reduce the fatality rate of children with acute encephalitis by 15% - but I find this hard to believe edzardernst.com/2024/09/homeop… via @edzardernst

Dr. Jonathan N. Stea (@jonathanstea) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Alternative medicine. Integrative Medicine. Functional Medicine. None of these are medicine. They are marketing scams. They’re deceptive and illusory Trojan-horse labels designed precisely to sneak pseudoscience into health care. You can see it directly on their websites.

Alternative medicine. 

Integrative Medicine.

Functional Medicine.

None of these are medicine. 

They are marketing scams.

They’re deceptive and illusory Trojan-horse labels designed precisely to sneak pseudoscience into health care.

You can see it directly on their websites.
Complementary Meds (@compandalt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When there is no meaningful difference between intervention and sham treatments the conclusion should be that the treatment doesn't work. Unfortunately, that doesn't appear to be allowed for #acupuncture studies from China so we end up with false conclusions like this one