Archive for March, 2010

Liverpool NHS PCT Drops Supernatural Cancer Claims from Website

March 24, 2010
By Le Canard Noir
Liverpool NHS PCT Drops Supernatural Cancer Claims from Website

Six weeks ago I wrote about how Liverpool Homeopathic ‘hospital’ was advertising that it offered cancer treatments based on the supernatural beliefs of mystic Rudolf Steiner. Observing that mistletoe grew on trees like a cancer, his homeopathic reasoning concluded that therefore mistletoe could be used to treat cancer. Given the obvious absurd and anti-scientific...
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How Safe are Home Births?

March 15, 2010
By Le Canard Noir
How Safe are Home Births?

And so, maybe this week, I will become a parent. Today is our due date and everything (I think) is ready. We are feeling that huge sense of – well – impending change. Our NCT antenatal classes are something of a distant memory. Bags are packed. Car seats fitted. The dog has been...
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Are There Any Homeopathic Hospitals in the UK?

March 11, 2010
By Le Canard Noir
Are There Any Homeopathic Hospitals in the UK?

The publication of the report of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Evidence Check into Homeopathy has resulted in a lot of misinformation about how much public money is spent on homeopathy. The report states that there are four homeopathic hospitals in the UK, based in London, Bristol, Liverpool and Glasgow. How much...
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MP David Tredinnick is Wrong about the Homeopathy Report

March 1, 2010
By Le Canard Noir
MP David Tredinnick is Wrong about the Homeopathy Report

David ‘cash for questions’ Tredinnick is the MP who liked to buy astrology software and training on expenses. He is a keen supporter of pseudoscience and appears to be heading the charge for homeopaths to discredit the recent House of Commons Evidence Check into homeopathy. The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Evidence Check...
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