I do not have a crystal ball. And I have no idea how the current farcical reorganisation of the NHS will end up.
But last September, I was worrying that the emphasis on competition would allow GP consortia to commission quack services – if there is patient demand then there appeared to be little...
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This morning I took part in a debate on the Phil Gayle show on BBC Radio Oxford as part of Homeopathic Awareness Week.
You can listen to the debate here:
Phil Gayle Show: Debate at 1:46:46
I am always in two minds whether to take part in these things. It is easy for a homeopath to ambush...
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Given that it is Homeopathy Awareness Week again, I thought it would be worth exploring how Homeopaths mislead us about science and evidence.
So, from that site of uniformly misleading health advice, What Doctors Don’t Tell You, we learn that,
Homeopathy has a ‘clinically relevant’ effect way beyond placebo
Critics have always dismissed homeopathy as offering nothing...
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The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry at Exeter and Plymouth Universities have issued an excited press release about how their researchers have demonstrated the benefits of acupuncture and how it would save resources for the NHS.
They claim that ‘5 element acupuncture’ has been shown to be effective with people suffering from ‘unexplained symptoms’....
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