#66 David Gorski: Science-Based Medicine, Fighting Quackery

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. David Gorski is a surgical oncologist at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute specializing in breast cancer surgery, where he also serves as the Medical Director of the Alexander J. Walt Comprehensive Breast Center. He’s also Professor of Surgery and Oncology at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, and faculty of the Graduate Program in Cancer Biology. He’s also the Managing Editor of Science-Based Medicine (https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/). In this episode, we talk about the great online publication, Science-Based Medicine, founded by Dr. Steven Novella, and the history of it, and the motivation behind its creation; the many deceiving ways complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has to further its agenda; if there is any alternative medicine worth trying, and some of the most its dangerous proposals; and some very good advice for people to avoid getting into CAM, and wasting their money. Time Links: 00:44 The history of Science-Based Medicine    08:53 Is alternative medicine politically and academically stronger nowadays?  13:53 Why “Science-Based Medicine”? 22:30 The manipulation with the term CAM/integrative medicine  29:22 Is any alternative medicine worth trying?     31:21 What are the most dangerous things alternative therapists advocate for?    37:03 Have Dr. Gorski ever changed his mind about some alternative medicine?  39:15 Do we already know about all alternative therapies that exist?   42:11 The best advice for people to avoid CAM 44:21 Why do people so easily get into CAM 48:43 Follow Mr. Gorski’s work     -- Follow Dr. Gorski’s work: Personal page on Science-Based Medicine: https://tinyurl.com/y8robxod Twitter handle: @gorskon -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g