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    1. Timothy Caulfield‏Verified account @CaulfieldTim 29 Oct 2018

      Ugh: "Hospital, @UofT examine possible uses of alternative medicines" https://www.toronto.com/news-story/5345024-hospital-u-of-t-examine-possible-uses-of-alternative-medicines/ … @SRHHospital @carlyweeks @sharon_kirkey @CBCHealth @DrPChouinard @gorskon via @ryarmst Nothing irritates me more than academic centres legitimizing questionable alternative practices!

      13 replies 28 retweets 92 likes
    2. Serenity DellaPorta PhD‏ @HealthAdvising 30 Oct 2018
      Replying to @CaulfieldTim @UofT and

      If an alternative therapy truly improves the patient’s quality of life, even if only via a placebo effect, is it not worth doing? Genuine question.

      4 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    3. Ryan Armstrong‏ @ryarmst 30 Oct 2018
      Replying to @HealthAdvising @CaulfieldTim and

      I can provide I quick summary of the argument against: 1. Time/money cost 2. Patient deception 3. Acceptance of pseudoscience 4. The placebo effect reported in clinical trials consists of many effects that do not occur clinically 5. The effect is not particularly profound

      1 reply 2 retweets 21 likes
    4. Serenity DellaPorta PhD‏ @HealthAdvising 30 Oct 2018
      Replying to @ryarmst @CaulfieldTim and

      Yes, all these things are important. I believe most people value quality of life as much as anything else. If practitioners use transparency and give people informed choices, and a person expresses improved quality of life, why say they shouldn’t do it or restrict their access?

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    5. Ryan Armstrong‏ @ryarmst 30 Oct 2018
      Replying to @HealthAdvising @CaulfieldTim and

      I don't think anyone is advocating for restricting people from their personal choices, but instead advocating for: 1. No psuedoscience in medical/academic institutions 2. No public funding of ineffective treatments 3. No false advertising 4. Informed consent

      5 replies 11 retweets 38 likes
    6. Serenity DellaPorta PhD‏ @HealthAdvising 30 Oct 2018
      Replying to @ryarmst @CaulfieldTim and

      How does #1 not restrict patients’ choices? It ensures any location offering alternative treatments will violate numbers three and four. That leaves little choice for patients who experience improvements with alternative treatments.

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      Timothy Caulfield‏Verified account @CaulfieldTim 30 Oct 2018
      Replying to @HealthAdvising @ryarmst and

      Don't want to legitimizes bunk. Should a university hospital offer homeopathy because patients want it? No. In addition to being a waste of resources for a public system, consent process would require: "This does not work. It is scientifically implausible. You'll need to pay."

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        2. Cake and Biochemistry‏ @LaraLeeRasberry 30 Oct 2018
          Replying to @CaulfieldTim @ryarmst and

          An issue I haven't seen studied: "alternative" therapies can be so burdensome to follow (I am thinking of an extremely restrictive diet and complicated herbal regimen recommended to a friend terminally ill with cancer)they can be a great source of guilt, stress, self-shaming.

          2 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
        3. Ryan Armstrong‏ @ryarmst 30 Oct 2018
          Replying to @LaraLeeRasberry @CaulfieldTim and

          What worries me further is the burden from unscientific thinking. When people are convinced that implausible and unproven therapies work, how does that impact their relationship with reality and shape their critical thinking? 1/

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        1. Liam Farrell‏Verified account @drlfarrell 30 Oct 2018
          Replying to @CaulfieldTim @ryarmst and

          So long as the consent form includes the words "This is actually nonsense"......

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        2. George Locke | Black Lives Matter‏ @George_Facts 30 Oct 2018
          Replying to @CaulfieldTim @ryarmst and

          Is it possible to have informed consent with placebo medicine? I mean, maybe, but not when the placebo provider claims their treatments are backed by science and evidence. Even if the provider believes this (wrongly), they are still misleading the patient.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Serenity DellaPorta PhD‏ @HealthAdvising 30 Oct 2018
          Replying to @George_Facts @CaulfieldTim and

          There are studies that show placebo effects even when patients know it is a placebo. It’s wild.

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        2. Ryan Armstrong‏ @ryarmst 30 Oct 2018

          All-inclusive tropical vacations probably improve quality of life.

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        2. Serenity DellaPorta PhD‏ @HealthAdvising 30 Oct 2018
          Replying to @CaulfieldTim @ryarmst and

          I don’t know what the answer is. The traditional biomedical approach to medicine fails to address the complex biopsychosocial nature of health, and sufferers who seek alternative therapies are preyed upon because only “quacks” actually even let them explore alternative options.

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        3. Ryan Armstrong‏ @ryarmst 30 Oct 2018
          Replying to @HealthAdvising @CaulfieldTim and

          To your second point, that is why we need strong regulatory mechanisms to protect consumers from misinformation and predatory quackery. This is the main focus of my activism and there is good momentum in this area (in Canada, at least).

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