Nutritional Therapists Fail to Join Ofquack
The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council, Ofquack, is having an appalling start to its life. Needing 10,000 people to join its register in the first […]
Articles by Andy L
Homeopathy Does Not Cause Side Effects in Cancer Patients
The Cochrane Library has published a new review of the effects of homeopathy on cancer patients**. Its conclusion is that “there is limited evidence that […]
Quackometer Upgrade
Some of the quackometer functionality has not been working too well over the past few months. The Am I a Quack or Not? function was […]
Fraud In Chinese Medicine
Chinese Herbal Medicine could be seen as the acceptable side of alternative medicine. It does not suffer from the utter implausibility of homeopathy, nor does […]
The Failure of Openness at Ofquack
I was going to call this post “The Failure of IT at Ofquack”, but I think the failure is a little deeper than computers. The […]
Samuel Hahnemann and his Frankenstein Experiments
My automated scans of the internet for all things about quackery have thrown up some interesting news today. The German newspaper Bild is reporting that […]
Top Ten Tips For Creating Your Own New Alternative Medicine
The economic downturn may mean that you are thinking of retraining as an alternative healer. You might be tempted to invest your redundancy money or […]
Will the Government Bail Out Ofquack?
It does not take a lot of analysis to realise that the newly formed Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council is going to be in a […]
Duchy Originals Pork Pies
Prince Charles is being labeled a quack in today’s news. And not a moment too soon. The BBC report that “Prince Charles has been accused […]
The Graceless Dr Michael Dixon OBE
In today’s Pulse, the magazine for GPs, a spat between Dr Michael Dixon and critics of alternative medicine has been reported. Dr Dixon, chairman of […]