The Observer – How long will it take to get a correction and apology?
I have now added a counter to the front page of the Quackometer to show how many weeks it has been since the Observer has […]
Articles by Andy L
The Observer – Confused by Health Advice
Denis Campbell, the sports journalist, who raked up MMR fears in the Observer and got it all horribly wrong, is now back on the health […]
Where there’s Electromuck, There’s Brass.
Dr George Carlo is an interesting character. Founder of the Safe Wireless Initiative in the US, he is the leading thinker behind a lot of […]
Should the NHS pay for Hyena Saliva?
Homeopathy, paid for by the NHS, is under threat. Millions of pounds of NHS money is pumped into a few Homeopathic hospitals so that patients […]
Quackograms
Bored Bored Bored. So, I have been doing some anagrams. Here goes… Dr Andrew Wakefield – Flawed Ink Rewarded Dr Gillian McKeith – Kill Charming […]
Broccoli for Brains
Last Friday, saw Trevor McDonut’s ‘Tonight with’ programme showcase Patrick Holford’s ‘Food for the Brain’ charity and its involvement with a school. The school apparently […]
Absence of Evidence
The absence of the Bad Science column in yesterday’s Guardian has all the makings of a bigger story than had there actually been a column. […]
Autism: If You Can’t Blame MMR, Let’s Try Wi-Fi
Maybe we are witnessing the death throes of the MMR controversy. The arguments that autism is caused by the triple-jab have been shown to be […]
Chinese Whispers – MMR and the Press
Just a few days before Andrew Wakefield appears before the GMC disciplinary body on charges of misconduct, a front page article in the Observer makes […]
Quack Word #20: ‘Iatrogenic’
Iatrogenesis is not a concept that is confined to quackery, but like most of the words in my Quack Words series it tends to show […]