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FAQs about Sysiphus Speaks:How many episodes does Sysiphus Speaks have?The podcast currently has 392 episodes available.
January 01, 1990Sisyphus Speaks 386: The Difference Between Reporting and Reality.At one time I thought that the B students when into journalism. Now? I sometimes think they didn't even graduate college.For example, take the reporting on The Use of Acupuncture for Pain Management in Pediatric Patients: A Single-Arm Feasibility Study....more0minPlay
January 01, 1990Sisyphus Speaks 385: Corrigendum. The Week in Review for 05/07/2017.Death from alternative medicine impersonators. An acupuncture study so acupuncturists can get insurance money? A chiropractor has to refund the feds one million dollars. And more....more0minPlay
January 01, 1990Sisyphus Speaks 384: Corrigendum. The Week in Review for 04/30/2017Stroke from chiropractic. Measles in Minnesota. Fraudulent methodologies? How do your remove homeopathy from a product. Acuwhatever. And more.https://wp.me/psNTX-crS...more0minPlay
January 01, 1990Sisyphus Speaks 383: New report recommends that FDA make food health claims a priorityA recent FDA report cites some alarming statistics about the health of Americans, or, perhaps more accurately, the lack thereof. The report was commissioned by the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) in recognition of the many health problems with nutritional causes....more0minPlay
January 01, 1990Sisyphus Speaks 382: Clever Hans Redux. Sort of.a classic example of the observer-expectancy effect : a form of reactivity in which a researcher's cognitive bias causes them to unconsciously influence the participants of an experiment....more0minPlay
January 01, 1990Sisyphus Speaks 381: Corrigendum. The Week in Review for 04/23/2017Protection from vampires. An autistic muppet upsets anti-vaxers. Naturopaths want insurance money. Big Chiro: what THEY don't want you to know. This blog is futile. And more. https://wp.me/psNTX-cqe...more0minPlay
January 01, 1990Sisyphus Speaks 380: CursesIs the practice of acupuncture, reiki, homeopathy, chiropractic and the other pseudo-medicines any different from the practice of curse removal? Not that I can see. They have the same basic principles, just different language. Barely....more0minPlay
January 01, 1990Sisyphus Speaks 379: Better?But are patients the best judge of the severity of their disease? Maybe not....more0minPlay
January 01, 1990Sisyphus Speaks 378: Corrigendum. The Week in Review. 04/16/2017Mumps cases, like infected parotids, swell. Doctors win with false news ?!?. More acupuncture studies not recognized as negative. Paying for pseudo-medicine in Vermont. Your consciousness is in your organs. And more....more0minPlay
January 01, 1990Sisyphus Speaks 377: Washington bill would expand naturopathic prescription authorityA bill has been filed in Washington State (House Bill 2034) to substantially expand the prescriptive authority of naturopathic doctors (or "physicians," as they like to call themselves). If the bill passes, naturopaths will be very close to having the same authority to prescribe as MDs and DOs....more0minPlay
FAQs about Sysiphus Speaks:How many episodes does Sysiphus Speaks have?The podcast currently has 392 episodes available.