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- "Snake Oil Science"
- Saturday May 17, 2008 6:00 PM
"The SkepDoc" Harriet Hall, MD
- Snake Oil Science: The Evidence for
Alternative Medicine" Complementary
and alternative medicine (CAM) are new names for old fringe
medical treatments that are gaining in popularity. Advocates of
CAM realize that science matters and are trying to find
scientific justification for things that were once accepted on
the basis of testimonials and opinions. They are finding
evidence, but that evidence is not always what it seems. Believe it or not, published studies are
actually more likely to be wrong than right.
What can go wrong in research?
How can we judge the quality of a study?
When can we believe a study?
When should we withhold judgment?
What is "Tooth Fairy science"?
What is the placebo effect?-
- Does CAM work better than
placebo? Is all the research published to date compatible with
the hypothesis that no CAM method is superior to placebo? And
finally, if placebos "work" is there anything wrong
with using them to get that effect?
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- The
Speaker:
- Harriet A. Hall, MD, also known as
"The SkepDoc," is a retired family physician/Air
Force flight surgeon who writes about alternative medicine and
pseudoscience.
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She is medical advisor to the "Quackwatch" website,
is an editor of "The Scientific Review of Alternative
Medicine," and is a contributing editor to
"Skeptic" magazine, where she writes a regular
column entitled 'The SkepDoc.' Her
articles have also appeared in many other publications
including "Skeptical Inquirer," "Pensar,"
and the "Quackwatch.org" website.
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- moment@skepticmoment.com
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Crystal
Creek Cafe
- 22620 Bothell-Everett
Highway
- Bothell,
WA
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- Directions
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- From
Interstate-405
- Take Exit
26 onto Bothcll-Everctt Hwy, (SR-527).
- Turn
toward Bothell
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- South
on I-405 is a right turn
- North
on I-405 is a left turn and over 1-405
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- Crystal
Creek Cafe is the first right
- next to
Jack-in-the-box and Outback Steak
House.
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