Comments on: Dr Ann Walker and Her Neanderthal Theories http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal.html Experiments and Thoughts on Quackery, Health Beliefs and Pseudoscience Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:52:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Andy http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal.html#comment-12071 Andy Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:28:23 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal-theories.html#comment-12071 As a matter of interest, did you receive your 'treatment' for free? As a matter of interest, did you receive your ‘treatment’ for free?

]]> By: Kym http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal.html#comment-12070 Kym Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:32:25 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal-theories.html#comment-12070 I have worked with Ann for a year now and for the first time in 7 years i am able to have a 'normal' cycle for my extreme pelvic condition and my husband and myself are able to consider trying for a baby and this is after 4 miscarriages You have your beliefs but please dont knock those practitionars who work wonders for those of us who dont want to fill our bodies with man-made profit funding drugs I have worked with Ann for a year now and for the first time in 7 years i am able to have a ‘normal’ cycle for my extreme pelvic condition and my husband and myself are able to consider trying for a baby and this is after 4 miscarriages

You have your beliefs but please dont knock those practitionars who work wonders for those of us who dont want to fill our bodies with man-made profit funding drugs

]]> By: AGUSTIN RENDON http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal.html#comment-12054 AGUSTIN RENDON Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:46:59 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal-theories.html#comment-12054 Dear Sirs: i would like to know how to contact DR.ANN WALKER i being her student at Reading University in 1974 and i would like to wite Her if possible. I live in Monterrey Mexico. Thanks...........................Eng.Agustin Rendon Dear Sirs:
i would like to know how to contact DR.ANN WALKER i being her student at Reading University in 1974 and i would like to wite Her if possible.
I live in Monterrey Mexico.
Thanks………………………Eng.Agustin Rendon

]]> By: Antares http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal.html#comment-10186 Antares Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:18:11 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal-theories.html#comment-10186 * That a person is kind does not mean she isn't talking nonsense. * That she "acts like a doctor" and treats her clients like patients does not mean she isn't talking nonsense. * That her clients feel better after talking with her does not mean she isn't talking nonsense. * That "it worked for you" is a (fortunate) anecdote without consideration of placebo and confounding effect and does therefore not mean she isn't talking nonsense. Please stop defending quacks and pill-pushers. Daniel * That a person is kind does not mean she isn’t talking nonsense.
* That she “acts like a doctor” and treats her clients like patients does not mean she isn’t talking nonsense.
* That her clients feel better after talking with her does not mean she isn’t talking nonsense.
* That “it worked for you” is a (fortunate) anecdote without consideration of placebo and confounding effect and does therefore not mean she isn’t talking nonsense.

Please stop defending quacks and pill-pushers.
Daniel

]]> By: Antares http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal.html#comment-10185 Antares Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:09:49 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal-theories.html#comment-10185 Fine, and now please some evidence that Red Clover does the trick...? Please? Thought so. Daniel Fine, and now please some evidence that Red Clover does the trick…? Please?

Thought so.

Daniel

]]> By: Dr Robert Nash http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal.html#comment-10174 Dr Robert Nash Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:15:36 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal-theories.html#comment-10174 Blood cleanser may be vague but a scientific intepretation can be put to it very easily. Increased toxin removal by increasing glucuronidation for example for excretion will cleanse blood. Blood cleanser may be vague but a scientific intepretation can be put to it very easily. Increased toxin removal by increasing glucuronidation for example for excretion will cleanse blood.

]]> By: Le Canard Noir http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal.html#comment-9076 Le Canard Noir Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:31:33 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal-theories.html#comment-9076 Jennifer - I make not comment on whether Walker is genuine and dedicated. This post is about a) using threats of libel to counter criticism and b) talking gobbledegook. <br /><br />These are the substantial points - do you want to address them? Jennifer – I make not comment on whether Walker is genuine and dedicated. This post is about a) using threats of libel to counter criticism and b) talking gobbledegook.

These are the substantial points – do you want to address them?

]]> By: Jennifer Hodges http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal.html#comment-9075 Jennifer Hodges Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:26:35 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal-theories.html#comment-9075 It always makes me feel sad to read these thinly veiled personal attacks on individuals practicing complementary medicine, particularly when the individual in question is as genuine and dedicated as Dr Ann Walker. They may reveal something about the agenda, state of mind or personality of the attacker but they do not constitute scientific enquiry and are not in the best interests of patients or the wider public.<br /><br />Those that have witnessed Dr Walker at work, as I have, will know that her practice is founded on the twin bedrocks of efficacy and safety. In addition, she has qualities she shares with the very best medical practitioners, including a strong drive to extend her knowledge and skills coupled with the willingness to admit their limits. She is often recommended by local GPs who have seen the benefits of her herbal and nutritional medicine in their own patients and I can only wish that this form of complementary medicine were taken more seriously by the profession as a whole - we would all be a lot healthier for it.<br /><br />Jennifer Hodges It always makes me feel sad to read these thinly veiled personal attacks on individuals practicing complementary medicine, particularly when the individual in question is as genuine and dedicated as Dr Ann Walker. They may reveal something about the agenda, state of mind or personality of the attacker but they do not constitute scientific enquiry and are not in the best interests of patients or the wider public.

Those that have witnessed Dr Walker at work, as I have, will know that her practice is founded on the twin bedrocks of efficacy and safety. In addition, she has qualities she shares with the very best medical practitioners, including a strong drive to extend her knowledge and skills coupled with the willingness to admit their limits. She is often recommended by local GPs who have seen the benefits of her herbal and nutritional medicine in their own patients and I can only wish that this form of complementary medicine were taken more seriously by the profession as a whole – we would all be a lot healthier for it.

Jennifer Hodges

]]> By: Le Canard Noir http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal.html#comment-9030 Le Canard Noir Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:54:11 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal-theories.html#comment-9030 Someone who was not an idiot would have substantiated their comments with evidence and examples. You have not. You look like an idiot. Someone who was not an idiot would have substantiated their comments with evidence and examples. You have not. You look like an idiot.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal.html#comment-9029 Anonymous Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:31:11 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/06/dr-ann-walker-and-her-neanderthal-theories.html#comment-9029 How can quackometer be taken seriously with its tones of blatant bias.<br /><br />A sound scientific investigation considers both sides of the story. This website does not expose quacks but the authors' own ignorance and grim delight in goading innocent practitioners who are not given a chance to defend or present their own views. <br /><br />There is no scientific merit in the opinions of this website, other than as comedy value.<br /><br />Poor science indeed!<br /><br />Posted by an anonymous "Idiot"<br /><br />(Was the maker of this site bullied at school?) How can quackometer be taken seriously with its tones of blatant bias.

A sound scientific investigation considers both sides of the story. This website does not expose quacks but the authors' own ignorance and grim delight in goading innocent practitioners who are not given a chance to defend or present their own views.

There is no scientific merit in the opinions of this website, other than as comedy value.

Poor science indeed!

Posted by an anonymous "Idiot"

(Was the maker of this site bullied at school?)

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