Junk Science in the Axis of Evil

Junk Science in the Axis of Evil III: Alternative Healthcare in Cuba


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Cuba is often cited as having one of the world's best health-care systems, with a life-expectancy level with the U.S. and a growth industry in health tourism in spite of years of tough trade sanctions limiting supplies. Complementary and Alternative medicine is commonly cited as one of the drivers of this impressive performance. But how much of this picture is real, and how much is myth? Do the millions of "alternative" pills being exported to other nations really work? And why are Big Pharm moving in?

Assessing Cuba's Health

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Junk Science in the Axis of Evil II: Propaganda and Holocaust Science in N. Korea


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"Witnesses have described watching entire families being put in glass chambers and gassed. They are left to an agonising death while scientists take notes." Welcome to North Korea.

This post from the Axis of Evil series is a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde affair, much like the country it describes. On the fun side, I'll be looking at some of North Korea's bizarre propaganda. But there is darkness inside - human experiments being conducted in a modern-day equivalent of Auschwitz.

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Junk Science in the Axis of Evil I: Quacks in Iraq


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The health situation on the ground in Iraq has been grim since Gulf War I, with a combination of sanctions, the diversion of funds by the regime, and the collapse of infrastructure since the 2003 invasion by coalition forces. With medical supplies restricted, the health system in a state of total collapse, and most Iraqis unable to afford treatment, it should come as little surprise that Quackery in Iraq is booming, both local and foreign. But could some alternative medicine in Iraq be - at least temporarily - a force for good?

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