Just a few days after Psychic Cancer Healer, Adrian Pengelly, appeared on the BBC consumer affairs programme, Watchdog, he was the subject of a particularly glowing report in the Daily Mail.
Pengelly had been accused of giving dangerous suggestions to people with cancer. Not only did he say on film that he had...
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Archive for September, 2009
PHA Media’s Cynical Spin of Psychic Cancer Claims
Protecting future ‘Baby Glorias’ from Homeopathic Beliefs
As I write this, two married Australian homeopaths are spending their first nights in gaol as they begin prison sentences for six and four years respectively for the manslaughter of their baby daughter, Gloria.
This is a tragic, not least for the convicted parents. A nine month old baby died unnecessarily in the most...
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Adrian Pengelly, Psychic Healer, and English Libel Laws
It cannot be a good week for Adrian Pengelly. He has been subject to quite a damning BBC Watchdog investigation about his business activities. Adrian claims to be a “Visionary Healer, Energy Worker, Teacher and Psychic” and declares that he is well known for his “work with terminal illnesses and cancer”.
If a...
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Two Boiled Eggs in Pinstripes and the Four Soldiers of Scepticism
October 5th, 2009 7pm – 8pm
TAM London – The Amaz!ing Panel
Conway Hall, Holborn
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As part of the official fringe to the first ever London TAM, there will be a panel meeting about the Internet and Scepticism. I will be rushing back from a meeting and so I will not have time to don...
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Richard Dawkins to Speak at LibDem Conference on Libel Laws and Science.
This afternoon, Richard Dawkins will speak about the insidious nature of English Libel Laws as a guest speaker at the Liberal Democrats Conference in Bournemouth.
Professor Dawkins (along with me, coughs) was one of the first signatories to the campaign to keep libel laws out of science. This campaign was inspired by the rather...
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Homeopathy: A Warning from Africa
This video is starting to do the rounds about how wonderful homeopaths are helping people in Ghana in malarial areas. I hope as many people as possible watch this to better understand this irresponsible and murderous delusion.
I have no doubt that the homeopath here is sincere. Adjoa Margaret Stack obviously believes she is doing...
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The MHRA and their Double Failure over Homeopathy
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have been heavily criticised in recent years for abandoning their core mission by allowing homeopathic sugar pills to contain statements about what symptoms and illnesses they can be used for without having to provide evidence that this is true.
The MHRA mission and values:
Mission ...
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