Inspried by Ohio

This feels overdue.  In light of recent developments both in the public and professional circles, I firmly believe that the proponents of science and evidence need to be more vocal.  This was most recently brought home by a post by the Medical Director of the Cleveland Hospital's Wellness center.  Too long has a silent majority of health care professionals tolerated encroaching skewed interests of alternative medicine, and its claims of energy healing, toxins and cleanses at the expense of proven, effective "western" therapies.

My goal with this blog is to discuss how I interpret medical messages, reflect upon how shoddy science can be identified, and how I work to differentiate between reliable and non-reliable resources online.

I will, when possible, support my posts with links to relevant articles--both pro and anti-science.  This is in the interest of exploring how fallacies of logic and the scientific method break down when employing limited or cherry-picked data, red herring arguments, and other methods that result in incorrect and misleading findings.  Unless otherwise stated in those posts, sharing links DOES NOT imply that I endorse the organizations, opinions or findings of those sites.

As an important disclaimer, I want to state that these posts are my own opinions and are not reflecting those of my employer.