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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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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?

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    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.

      3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. 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."

      4 replies 0 retweets 31 likes
    8. 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
    9. 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.

      6 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 30 Oct 2018
      Replying to @HealthAdvising @George_Facts and

      No. Actually, there are not. I've written about this before at least twice. If you look at the methods of every one of the handful of studies claiming "placebo without deception" carefully you will find that there is deception, just unacknowledged.

      12:30 PM - 30 Oct 2018
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        1. Sir Panda (Zad Rafi)‏ @dailyzad 30 Oct 2018
          Replying to @gorskon @CaulfieldTim and

          Well, then there’s also the fact that placebo effects can often be exaggeratedhttps://www.lesslikely.com/statistics/control-group-effects/ …

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        1. 2020 Sure Is Shittipithecus‏ @skeptipithecus 30 Oct 2018
          Replying to @gorskon @George_Facts and

          I'm going to assume that rigorous training in properly dissecting research articles isn't a priority in a lot of these institutions teaching pseudoscience. If it was, I imagine enrollment would drop.

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