Tag: hype

  • At Risk of Being Complete Nonsense

    I see things like this: “Ataxia can strike anyone at any time regardless of age, gender, or race.” Misleading expressions like this are common for ataxia—blurring the lines between spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) and other ataxia forms—and Huntington’s disease (HD). This line of reasoning is ridiculous for dominantly inherited genetic diseases such as SCA and HD.…

  • How to Make a Treatment Seem Better Than It Is

    The key is to shroud the treatment among others that are low-risk with clear short-term benefits and thus make it impossible to attribute specific improvements to specific treatments. For example, end a treatment session with a massage and ask for treatment feedback either during or immediately after the massage. Two more examples follow. The first…