Medical Innovation or Quackery?
One of the common marketing messages behind alternative medicine is that is represents true innovation in healthcare. Using one Prince Charles’ favourite words, it tries […]
Year: 2014
Nutritional Therapists Call for Equal Statutory Footing with Dieticians.
In a surprise move, the British Association for Applied Nutrition & Nutritional Therapy (BANT) have formally written to the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) requesting […]
Soil Association Trustees Resign over Homeopathy Attacks
The Soil Association is the marketing organisation behind so-called Organic Farming. It’s stated aims are to campaign for “healthy, humane and sustainable food, farming and […]
Have Homeopaths Reached Peak Stupid?
Remove hot drinks and sharp objects from your immediate vicinity. Across the world, homeopaths today are trying to ‘heal the oceans’. To do so, British […]
Society Warns Homeopaths not to Talk About Ebola.
This blog believes that accredting the Society of Homeopaths was a mistake by the PSA. However, I can accept that some benefits may come of […]
Homeopath Finds a Cure for Ebola: Violin Music
Peter Chappell has previous form. I wrote in 2007 how he was creating MP3 files that he claimed could treat Malaria and HIV. The Society […]
The Society of Homeopaths Have Achieved PSA Accreditation
Our health care regulators cannot differentiate between a health care profession and a pseudo-medical cargo cult. The Professional Standards Authority has accredited the Society of […]
Government forced to reveal what they knew about racism and bullying in Steiner Schools
The British Humanist Association has forced the government to release documents showing what they knew about Steiner Schools before they gave them State Funding. The […]
Tredinnick at Glastonbury – Homeopathy and Astrology
It’s the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you’re mad, then dangerous, then there’s a pause and then you can’t find anyone […]
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Ottolenghi and the Quack HIV Homeopaths in Africa
This blog has been a long term critic of the Society of Homeopaths, and other British Homeopathic organisations, who support their members who practice homeopathy in […]