You remember Dr. Rashid Buttar, don’t you? He’s that blight on North Carolina’s medical establishment, known for his “transdermal chelation therapy” that he’s unable to demonstrate as being able to be absorbed through the skin, much less chelate anything (arguably a good thing, actually, because at least it probably doesn’t hurt anyone, as a real […]
Dr. Rashid Buttar wants you to ask him a question [Respectful Insolence]
October 25th, 2008 · No Comments
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Missed opportunity: how many of the placebos "prescribed" were herbal or non-botanical dietary supplements? [Terra Sigillata]
October 25th, 2008 · No Comments
“Prescribing ‘placebo treatments’: results of national survey of US internists and rheumatologists,” is the title of a newly-published article in the 23 October issue of BMJ (British Medical Journal). The full text article and PDF are available for free at the time of this posting.
In this study of 679 US physicians, Tilbert et al. reveal […]
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