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4th September, 2012
Cancer quackery homeopathy

Chekhov, Homeopathy and the Placebo Effect

What can Anton Chekhov tell us about the placebo effect? Chekhov is best known as a…

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Andy L
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1st September, 2011
homeopathy

The British Homeopathic Association Undermine Public Confidence in Medicine

You know, having asked David Bellamy earlier in the week to use his influence as…

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Andy L
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30th August, 2011
Abha Light homeopathy

A Letter to David Bellamy

Dear Professor Bellamy, I am writing to you to ask for your help as Patron…

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Andy L
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29th July, 2011
Bad Charity homeopathy nutrition

Foresight Preconception: Beware of Claims

It has come to my attention that, this autumn, I will become a father for…

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Andy L
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1st May, 2011
Abha Light Bad Charity

Abha Light Must Close

Kenyan leading newspaper, The Standard on Sunday, has reported that an undercover investigator has exposed…

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Andy L
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15th October, 2010
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The Curious Case of Oxford University Press, Homeopathy and Charles Darwin

Science is a human activity. And as such, it is subject to the full range…

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Andy L
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10th October, 2010
featured homeopathy

The Futility of Finding Physical Explanations for Homeopathy

From the very first decades of homeopathy’s existence in the early 19th Century, mainstream scientists…

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Andy L
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9th October, 2010
homeopathy Uncategorized

John Benneth, Brian Josephson and an Absurd Talk at Cambridge

On the 1st of October, a rather unusual talk was held at the Cavendish Laboratories…

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Andy L
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24th March, 2010
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Liverpool NHS PCT Drops Supernatural Cancer Claims from Website

Six weeks ago I wrote about how Liverpool Homeopathic ‘hospital' was advertising that it offered…

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Andy L
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11th March, 2010
homeopathy

Are There Any Homeopathic Hospitals in the UK?

The publication of the report of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Evidence…

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Andy L
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