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Huffington Post: A Hotbed of Junk Medicine

Unpaid bloggers push enemas for swine flu, vaccine hokum

Jul 30, 09 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - During the height of swine flu panic, a Huffington Post blogger advised dumping the Tamiflu and sticking with "deep-cleansing enemas," which will supposedly keep you influenza-free and help you lose weight, too. HuffPo is a hotbed of junk medicine, Dr. Rahul K. Parikh writes in Salon, with... More »

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vaccination • Arianna Huffington • alternative medicine • Huffington Post • blogs • junk science • swine flu

 Regrown Finger Called 'Absurd' 

Scientist blast man's claim that pig-bladder 'pixie dust' restored digit

May 1, 08 7:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - A UK plastic surgeon repudiated claims by an American company that a powder made from a pig’s bladder spurred regrowth of a man’s severed fingertip, the Guardian reports. Stories circulated this week of Lee Spievack’s “miraculous” recovery thanks to what he called “pixie dust,”... More »

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plastic surgery • medical research • pig • hoax • junk science • severed finger • quackery

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