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Snake oil
AVGresponding:
--- Quote from: coppice on November 11, 2022, 12:16:29 pm ---
--- Quote from: AVGresponding on November 10, 2022, 06:20:31 am ---I'm struggling to think of a scenario where the ability to detect "Ultrasound Vaginal" would be useful. I may have to google it.
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When you see a happily pregnant parent dreamily looking at a photograph of a small dot, that's vaginal ultrasound.
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Congratulations Mr coppice, you are the proud parent of a wrong end of the stick.
coppice:
--- Quote from: AVGresponding on November 11, 2022, 03:29:31 pm ---
--- Quote from: coppice on November 11, 2022, 12:16:29 pm ---
--- Quote from: AVGresponding on November 10, 2022, 06:20:31 am ---I'm struggling to think of a scenario where the ability to detect "Ultrasound Vaginal" would be useful. I may have to google it.
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When you see a happily pregnant parent dreamily looking at a photograph of a small dot, that's vaginal ultrasound.
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Congratulations Mr coppice, you are the proud parent of a wrong end of the stick.
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I think that would be you. I've seen women stare at those spot photographs for hours. How can such a featureless picture have such a profound effect on people?
helius:
--- Quote from: Whales on November 10, 2022, 05:07:24 am ---I was looking for geiger counters in Australia and came across this:
--- Quote ---This kit is not intended for DIAGNOSIS or TREATMENT and is NOT a home testing kits. It is intended for practitioners such as Kinesiologists, Bioresonance practitioners (Bicom, Vega, etc.), Chiropractors or anyone trained in muscle testing.
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This is snake oil of the truly old-school variety. They are talking about the sham "doctors" who have you hold a sealed bottle of [...something...] in your hand while pushing down on your arm. They pretend to tell you whether it is "good" or "bad" for you depending on whether you can hold your arm up against their weight. Of course it does not tell anything, it is purely a sham test.
TimFox:
By US law, a disclaimer is required on products that have not been tested by the FDA: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=101.93
Specifically, the following text is required by statute:
(c) Text for disclaimer.
(1) Where there is one statement, the disclaimer shall be placed in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section and shall state:
This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
I wish that there were a further requirement on television advertisements such that that disclaimer must be in the same size (or larger) letters as the contact information (telephone number, website, etc.).
For print advertisement, there is a specification for minimum text height (1/16").
AVGresponding:
--- Quote from: McBryce on November 11, 2022, 01:37:23 pm ---
--- Quote from: AVGresponding on November 10, 2022, 06:20:31 am ---I'm struggling to think of a scenario where the ability to detect "Ultrasound Vaginal" would be useful. I may have to google it.
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Trying my best not to make a TE Rabbit hole joke about this.... :-DD
McBryce.
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No no, please do, it's reassuring that there's at least one other person here that understands what "humour" is.
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