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30th March, 2008
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The Age of Quackery

In my last post I discussed how Hopi Ear Candles has nothing to do with…

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Andy L
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27th March, 2008
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Hopi Ear Candling – Removing the Grey Goo Between Your Ears

Quacks like to tell us that their healing arts are thousands of years old and…

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Andy L
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22nd March, 2008
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The Vets Who Make People Feel Better

Some years ago, a well meaning but utterly deluded friend gave me a book entitled…

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Andy L
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20th March, 2008
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The Society of Homeopaths: One Year On

Here are the stated aims of the Society of Homeopaths for 2007 and set out…

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Andy L
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14th March, 2008
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Very Soon, Falsely Using the Title ‘Dr’ Will Land You in a New Heap of Doo Doo

If you are worried about the activities of an alternative medicine practitioner, there is not…

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Andy L
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10th March, 2008
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Betting on Quackery

On the eve of the Cheltenham Festival, the race organisers are battling to repair the…

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Andy L
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8th March, 2008
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Las Mariposas Clinic: Costa Del Quackery

Watching the antics of quacks is funny and I hope some of that humour comes…

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Andy L
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4th March, 2008
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Life’s 4 Living: Audiokinetron and Lumatron Nonsense

A bit of a ding dong has started up over at HolfordWatch after they questioned…

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Andy L
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3rd March, 2008
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Hawley Harvey Crippen and Homeopathy

Hawley Harvey Crippen (1863-1910) was an American homeopath who was born to Andresee Skinner and…

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Andy L
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1st March, 2008
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Should Cochrane Call for More Research Into Homeopathy?

The Cochrane Collaboration is an independent network of volunteers, funded only by donations, that collate…

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Andy L
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