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24th December, 2008
Christmas homeopathy Rudolf Steiner Uncategorized

Mistletoe and Cancer

Merry Christmas! Last Christmas, we looked at the quackery surrounding myrrh. This year, it is…

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Andy L
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23rd December, 2008
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An Academic Responds to the Homeopathy Challenge

After two weeks of silence from ten UK academic homeopaths, I get a response to…

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Andy L
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14th October, 2008
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The Society of Homeopaths: The Failure of Self Regulation

The Adverting Standards Authority has today found that a homeopath advertised their asthma clinic for…

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Andy L
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8th October, 2008
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Julian Graves: Not Just Nuts – Dangerously Irresponsible

So. Today. I had a quite jaw dropping conversation in my local branch of Julian…

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Andy L
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5th October, 2008
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Neutrahealth in Trouble

In the last few days, vitamin pill company Neutrahealth (NUT.L), has seen a precipitous drop…

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Andy L
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3rd October, 2008
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How Can You Criticise Homeopathy When You Have Never Studied It?

Anyone who has ever entered into a debate with a homeopathy about the nature of…

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Andy L
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30th September, 2008
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Kaloba Cold Cure: How the MHRA condones quackery

The newspapers today were delighting in reporting that a new cold treatment was being made…

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Andy L
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23rd September, 2008
Ainsworths Uncategorized

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Malaria?

Dr* T on his Thinking is Dangerous blog reports that Helios appear to have stopped…

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Andy L
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21st September, 2008
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The Epiphenomena of Quackery

Sometimes it can be hard to tell science from pseudoscience. On the surface, both can…

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Andy L
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17th September, 2008
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Write to Your MP about our Libel Laws

George Monbiot writes in today's Guardian about the shame of our libel laws in the…

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Andy L
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