Archive for September, 2011

MHRA accused of “clothing naked quackery”

September 23, 2011
By Le Canard Noir
MHRA accused of “clothing naked quackery”

Last Wednesday, I gave a talk at the newly formed Coventry Skeptics in the Pub on the ‘Persistence of Delusion’ – why some alternative medicines appear to thrive. One of the techniques that ensures a healthy quackery is to obtain official endorsement from statutory and regulatory organisations. Chiropractic and Osteopathy have benefited greatly in the...
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The British Homeopathic Association Undermine Public Confidence in Medicine

September 1, 2011
By Le Canard Noir
The British Homeopathic Association Undermine Public Confidence in Medicine

You know, having asked David Bellamy earlier in the week to use his influence as Patron of the British Homeopathic Association, to urge them to unequivocally condemn those lay homeopaths who travel to Africa to treat HIV, malaria and TB with sugar pills, you might be surprised to learn that I am not expecting...
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