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\"Harriet<\/a>Harriet Hall<\/strong>, MD\u00a0also known as The SkepDoc, is a retired family physician who writes about medicine, so-called complementary and alternative medicine, science, pseudoscience, questionable medical practices and critical thinking. She received her BA and MD from the University of Washington, did her internship in the Air Force (the second female ever to do so),\u00a0 and was the first female graduate of the Air Force family practice residency at Eglin Air Force Base. During a long career as an Air Force physician, she held various positions from flight surgeon to DBMS (Director of Base Medical Services) and did everything from delivering babies to taking the controls of a B-52. She retired with the rank of Colonel. She is an editor and one of the five MD founders of the\u00a0Science-Based Medicine blog<\/a>. Dr. Hall writes the\u00a0SkepDoc<\/a>\u00a0column in\u00a0Skeptic<\/a>\u00a0magazine, and is a contributing editor to Skeptic and\u00a0Skeptical Inquirer<\/a>, as well as a medical advisor and author of articles on the\u00a0Quackwatch<\/a>\u00a0website. She recently published\u00a0Women Aren\u2019t Supposed to Fly: The Memoirs of a Female Flight Surgeon<\/a>\u00a0and co-author of the recently released textbook \u201cConsumer Health: A Guide to Intelligent Decisions<\/a>,\u201d and was appointed to the\u00a0Executive Council of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Healthy Skepticism is republishing selections from Dr. Hall\u2019s blog with permission. Please visit\u00a0Science Based Medicine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Articles by Harriet Hall<\/h3>\n