[troutman]

Finally - a skeptical health blog on Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacob-..._b_195597.html

With all that's been going on with Swine Flu and the scare around it, people are looking around for medicines to help protect themselves and their families. Unfortunately, they're being preyed upon by a group whose theory of medicine goes counter to everything that is known about physiology, physics, chemistry, germ theory, and hydro-dynamics. And if you already know that this article is about Homeopathy, than it may not be for you.

Every positive study of homeopathy, when repeated under more stringent conditions, has shown it to have no more effect than a placebo. Take it if you like, but please don't use it to cure Swine Flu. And if there are any homoeopathists out there who can show proof that my article is bunk, I know a man in Florida with a million dollars for you.

Celebrity Science:

http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/...y-science.html

The current issue of Reader’s Digest has an article on “The Trouble with Celebrity Science.” “What happens when stars weigh in on medical topics?...Celebrities may be perfectly qualified to evaluate sneakers, but that doesn’t mean you want to learn biochemistry from them.”

Reader’s Digest has published a lot of questionable medical information in the past. They might have written about “The Trouble with Celebrity Science and Reader’s Digest Science.” But they have partially redeemed themselves with this article. Finally, a popular mainstream publication that supports science and is not afraid to contradict Jenny – or Oprah!