Joe Mercola falsely claims COVID vaccine boosters cause cancer
Joe Mercola uses a retracted paper to claim that COVID-19 vaccine boosters cause cancer. This is another false claim with no merit.
XBB.1.5 COVID-19 variant — here comes the Kraken FAQ
FAQs about the XBB.1.5 COVID-19 variant, also called the Kraken. There are some reasons for concern but vaccinated people should not worry.
Damar Hamlin suffers cardiac arrest on field — anti-vaxxers go nuts
NFL football player Damar Hamlin suffers a cardiac arrest on the field. Anti-vaxxers try to blame the COVID-19 vaccines, and they are wrong.
Pediatric flu-related deaths — highest since before COVID pandemic
New information from the CDC show that pediatric flu deaths are the highest since the start of the pandemic.
Top 10 articles on Skeptical Raptor for 2022
These are the top 10 articles that I published in 2022 based on viewership. They are all very interesting for the reader.
Medical uses of cannabis — a scientific review
There are numerous medical claims for cannabis. We review these claims and find out which are supported by clinical evidence.
Science-based medicine, not allopathic, Western, or conventional
Let’s call it science-based medicine, not allopathic, Western, or conventional medicine. Those are pejorative terms with no meaning.
“The War on Ivermectin” by Pierre Kory is coming — he’s still wrong
A new book, “The War on Ivermectin” by Pierre Kory is about to be published. Ivermectin does not work, and that’s supported by science.
Public toilets fill air with aerosols of feces and urine — mask up
Public toilets are always a concern. But now we have new scientific evidence that they create aerosols of feces and urine. Wear a mask.
Treating cancer with alternative medicine — it’s dangerous
As I have mentioned before, I occasionally answer questions on Quora regarding alternative medicine treatments for cancer. Of course, there are few, if any, alternative “medicines” that have been shown to treat cancer effectively in large, randomized, double-blind clinical trials. If they actually worked, we’d just call it medicine.
Most of the answers are supported by scientific evidence — alternative medicine treatments for cancer have been shown to not work or have not been shown to work. Either way, it would be unethical or even immoral for anyone to recommend these unscientific treatments.
Of course, a lot of people want to push the claim that cannabis cures cancer. It doesn’t (see Note 1).
A paper was published a few years ago that examined the survivability of individuals with curable cancers that refused conventional cancer treatments (usually surgery plus adjuvant therapies like chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and/or immunotherapy) and chose alternative medicine. We will get to that article, but spoiler alert — alternative medicine doesn’t work for cancer and may be dangerous.
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