The Healthy Skeptic goes on sabbatical

June 30, 2009 in Uncategorized | 4 comments

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Gianna on June 30, 2009 at 1:05 pm

Dear Chris,
all the best to you as you finish your studies…
You know home for me is the bay area and I often visit (when healthy)…someday I may just stop by your clinic to say hello…
how very exciting…
and I certainly would be happy to refer people I know to you so keep me informed.
Sabra on July 3, 2009 at 8:38 am

I look foward to your return and wish you success in your upcoming year. I very much enjoy reading your critics of studies and before you depart for the year I have a question. Have you found certain books to be helpful in your critical appraisals of studies? Other than your education and general understanding of health. I have been reading some EBM books but I find they side heavily for mainstream medicine and I know there is critism that EBM is not applicable [nor are RCT] to CAM. Any reading suggestions?
Chris on July 3, 2009 at 11:32 am

Sabra,

You might find the Health News Review website to be helpful. They review clinical studies and have a helpful “Things you should know about clinical research” section.

Chris
Galina on April 30, 2010 at 10:49 am

Dear Chris,
I am sure you’ll pass all your exams very successfully. I wish you this success from the bottom of my heart. It is a pleasure for me to read your articles, though I prefer to read and study more about Chinese or any alternative medicine. I have been working as a western medical doctor during about 30 years in another country. So, I have enough frustrations about Western medicine. However, I still think that Western medicine is great knowledge. I am practicing now Chinese medicine and it is beginning of my new career ( only 2nd year of my practice). So, sometimes i think that you are probably wasting time paying to mach attention to Western medicine. Chinese medicine is a huge, bottomless source of knowledge. It also demands time and energy to fathom it, perhaps the entire life is too short for this purpose. Never mind. I probably will miss your articles. I always was waiting them. Any case, thank you very much for everything that you’ve done .
Sincere. Galina