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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 29 Dec 2019

    Health Nerd Retweeted Jon Hislop, MD, PhD

    All I want for Christmas is for homeopathic products to be clearly labeled as totally ineffective for any health concern and/or banned entirely from sale 👍https://twitter.com/HislopMD/status/1211372463885389824 …

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    Jon Hislop, MD, PhD @HislopMD
    Naturopaths have the equivalent of training to make paper airplanes... ...but think it qualifies them to fly commercial jets. 🤨 pic.twitter.com/7EhjPm3pqD
    2:08 PM - 29 Dec 2019
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      2. Beth Skwarecki‏Verified account @BethSkw 29 Dec 2019
        Replying to @GidMK

        Here they all have to carry a very small and ambiguous disclaimer. It doesn't matter, of course, because the main thing that communicates "this works and you should buy it" is the fact that it's on drugstore shelves mixed in with real medicinespic.twitter.com/lOFQiByWzH

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 29 Dec 2019
        Replying to @BethSkw

        Have a shelf in pharmacies that clearly says "none of these products work. At all"

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      2. Listener‏ @nickmaneck 29 Dec 2019
        Replying to @GidMK

        O Sir, but what about the magic of "Dilution & Succution?" My sister swears by it, based on her own experience. During pregnancy, a sonogram revealed she had kidney stones. She resorted to homeopathy. Following therapy, tests revealed the stone as gone.

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      3. Mr. Doug‏ @TheFr3shMak3r 29 Dec 2019
        Replying to @nickmaneck @GidMK

        Not sure if serious? The usual “treatment” for kidney stones is basically wait for them to pass (unless they are too big), and take some pain meds as needed. The fact that she took some fake remedy in the interim had nothing to do with the outcome.

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      1. Todd Cameron AZ x2  💥 💪‏ @TcameronTodd 29 Dec 2019
        Replying to @GidMK

        The hypothesis being that if people knew this they would buy less? That may be a flawed assumption though🤔 I agree with your sentiment though

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      1. Eric O'Grey‏ @Eric_OGrey 29 Dec 2019
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        All I want is for people to stop saying that balanced vegan diets are unhealthy.

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      1. Vinay Kumaran‏ @kumaranvinay 29 Dec 2019
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        The problem is that placebos are more effective when the patient is blinded.

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      2. Take that, Avogadro  💉 💉‏ @6x10E23 29 Dec 2019
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        in other news, Theriault is insane

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      1. Kevin (DrKevGuitar) Kretsch‏ @DrKevGuitar 30 Dec 2019
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        I’d love to see pharmacists held to account on whether it’s ever ethical to put homeopathy on their damn shelves.

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