Sip Drink: Unnatural, Unethical, Farcical
If you were a dodgy plumber or made misleading double glazing adverts, you could expect…
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Bravewell and the Prince
Quackery in the UK has friends in the highest places. Despite constitutional restrictions on the…
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Floating Fenzian in the Dragons’ Den
Just a day after I write about Dr James Colthurst and the Fenzian device (see…
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Welcome to the Placebo Store.
The advert begins...I'm Jen. I am a mommy. It's what I love. It's my job…
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Turning A Pint of Tea Leaves into Pure Gold
Dr James Colthurst and the Fenzian MachineNo, I haven't gone all Daily Express on you.…
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Fun with the Code of Ethics
The Society of Homeopaths have recently had their 30th Anniversary Annual General Meeting and Conference…
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How Life Healthcare Coped with the Terror of an ASA Investigation.
The Advertising Standards Authority is one of the few regulatory bodies in the UK regularly…
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How to become a Daytime TV Expert: The Jayney Goddard Story
Professor Jayney Goddard is the president of the Complementary Medical Association (CMA), "the world's largest…
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Neal’s Yard Remedies ‘rapped by medicines regulator’
In a recent post, I described how Neal's Yard Remedies had withdrawn their Malaria homeopathy…
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On Bullshit and Mindfucking
Edzard Ernst has accused practitioners of alternative medicine of lying to their patients. In last…