Summary
Recorded on 25 Feb 2018: Topics include Trusted Sources: FactCheck.org, Essential Oils, and BRRPS Episode 3: Circumcision.
Trusted Resources: FactCheck.org
Essential Oils
- “Essential oils and aromatherapy: A rebuttal to bunk science and the healing power of odors”, Andy’s Brain,
http://www.andybrain.com/extras/essential-oils-and-aromatherapy.htm - “aromatherapy (essential oils)”, Robert T. Carroll, The Skeptic’s Dictionary, 2015
http://skepdic.com/aroma.html - “Aromatherapy: Does It Pass the Smell Test?”, Paul DesOrmeaux, Bay Area Skeptics, 2007
http://www.baskeptics.org/basis/2007/july-september/047-aromatherapy-does-it-pass-smell-test - “What’s That I Smell? The Claims of Aromatherapy”, Lynn McCutcheon, Skeptical Inquirer, CSICOP, 1996
https://www.csicop.org/si/show/whats_that_i_smell_the_claims_of_aromatherapy - “Reflexology”, Taking Charge of your Health & Wellbeing, Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing, University of Minnesota
https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/reflexology - “Psychoneuroimmunology Research”, Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practice, Caroly Chambers Clark, Rena J Gordon, Barbara Harris, Carl O. Helvie, Springer Publishing Company, 1999, pp 464-468
https://books.google.com/books?id=cpLSCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA465&lpg=PA465&dq=each+foot+has+7,200+nerve+endings&source=bl&ots=DDV-j-4mIH&sig=_2IUUayKhGVyHXXoaPwG6YSw68k&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj0vOOOt8HZAhVV9GMKHaOwCWMQ6AEIXDAH – v=onepage&q=each foot has 7,200 nerve endings&f=false - “ Ray Wunderlich Jr., an early advocate of holistic medicine, dies at 84″, Andrew Meacham, Tampa Bay Times, 2014
http://www.tampabay.com/news/obituaries/dr-ray-wunderlich-jr-an-early-advocate-of-holistic-medicine-dies-at-84/2178458 - “3 Amazing Reasons Why You Should Put Essential Oils on the Bottom of Your Feet!”, Katherine Crofton, 2016
https://www.davidwolfe.com/3-reasons-essential-oils-bottom-feet/ - “The Impermeable Facts of Skin Penetration and Absorption”, Nathan Rivas, 2011
https://personalcaretruth.com/2011/01/the-impermeable-facts-of-skin-penetration-and-absorption/ - “A Textbook of Modern Toxicology”, Ernest Hodgson, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp 88-97
https://studfiles.net/preview/409195/page:28/ - “Essential oil”, Rational Wiki, 2018
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Essential_oil
BRRPS E03: Circumcision
(Beliefs, Rites, Rituals, Practices, and Superstitions)
- “Circumcision in men”, NHS UK, 2016
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/circumcision-in-men/ - “Female genital mutilation (FGM)”, NHS UK, 2016
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/female-genital-mutilation-fgm/ - “Circumcision”, Wikipedia, 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision - “Circumcision from a historical perspective”, PubMed, NIH, 2000
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11155508 - “Male circumcision: Global trends and determinants of prevalence, safety and acceptability”, WHO UNAIDS, 2007
http://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/jc1360_male_circumcision_en_0.pdf - “WHO and UNAIDS announce recommendations from expert consultation on male circumcision for HIV prevention”, WHO, 2007
http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/news68/en/ - “HIV/AIDS: Fact Sheet”, WHO, 2017
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs360/en/ - “Male circumcision for HIV prevention” WHO, 2018
http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/ - “Voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention in 14 priority countries in eastern and southern Africa: Progress brief”, WHO, 2017
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/258691/1/WHO-HIV-2017.36-eng.pdf - “Male circumcision and risk of syphilis, chancroid, and genital herpes: a systematic review and meta‐analysis”, Sexually Transmitted Infections, BMJ Publishing, 2006
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2653870/ - “Does Male Circumcision Affect Sexual Function, Sensitivity, or Satisfaction?—A Systematic Review”, Sexual Medicine, Journal of the International Society for Sexual Medicine, 2013
http://www.jsm.jsexmed.org/article/S1743-6095(15)30172-7/fulltext - “Trends in Circumcision for Male Newborns in U.S. Hospitals: 1979–2010″, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC, 2013
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/circumcision_2013/circumcision_2013.pdf - “Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection Following Jewish Ritual Circumcisions that Included Direct Orogenital Suction — New York City, 2000–2011”, CDC, 2012
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6122a2.htm - “Newborn Male Circumcision”, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2012
https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/pages/newborn-male-circumcision.aspx - “Circumcision: Medical Organization Official Policy Statements”, Circumcision Information and Resources Page (CIRP), 2016
http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/
CIRP is referenced by the BMJ as a reference for information on circumcision
“Circumcision is one of those subjects that crops up repeatedly in online medical discussion forums. For useful online information on the subject visit the circumcision information resource on http://www.cirp.org/CIRP/“, 1998
http://web.archive.org/web/19980422125257/http://www.bmj.com/archive/7128/7128ip3.htm - “Denmark, Sweden Ban Non-Medical Circumcision of Boys”, International Business Times AU Edition, 2014
http://www.ibtimes.com.au/denmark-sweden-ban-non-medical-circumcision-boys-1330592 - “CDC’s Male Circumcision Recommendations Represent a Key Public Health Measure”, Global Health Science and Practice, 2017
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5478224/ - “Circumcision controversies”, Wikipedia, 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision_controversies - “Nontherapeutic Circumcision of Minors as an Ethically Problematic Form of Iatrogenic Injury”, AMA Journal of Ethics, 2017
http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2017/08/msoc2-1708.html - “Are Physicians Blameworthy for Iatrogenic Harm Resulting from Unnecessary Genital Surgeries?”, AMA Journal of Ethics, 2017
http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2017/08/msoc3-1708.html
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