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Dame Shirley Porter Funded Prince Charles’ Political Report on NHS Alternative Medicine

6th April, 2010 Andy L 26

After writing about how Prince Charles’ charity, the Foundation for Integrated Health, is now under police investigation for possible fraud, it has become clear how […]

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The Meaning of the 10:23 Homeopathy Campaign.

18th January, 2010 Andy L 49

In the last few days, a new campaign has been launched with the aim of showing that homeopathy is an ‘absurd pseudoscience’ and that Boots […]

John Wesley and The Origins of the Natural Health Movement

14th November, 2009 Andy L 42

Examine the discourse of any alternative medicine and you will encounter a surprisingly homogenous set of themes: that their methods are natural, simple, available to […]

Top Ten Tips For Creating Your Own New Alternative Medicine

29th March, 2009 Andy L 29

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 […]

Is Chiropractic X-raying Illegal?

29th January, 2009 Andy L 24

Chiropractors have achieved a status amongst practitioners of alternative medicine that is almost unrivalled. In the UK, they have achieved a level of mainstream acceptance, […]

Neal’s Yard Ethical Bullshit Remedy

28th April, 2008 Andy L 252

Neal’s Yard Remedies has announced that it is withdrawing is Malaria Officinalis 30C homeopathic remedy from sale. This is the absolute minimum it could have […]

Hopi Ear Candling – Removing the Grey Goo Between Your Ears

27th March, 2008 Andy L 183

Quacks like to tell us that their healing arts are thousands of years old and based on ancient principles that have withstood the test of […]

The Vets Who Make People Feel Better

22nd March, 2008 Andy L 43

Some years ago, a well meaning but utterly deluded friend gave me a book entitled Natural Remedies For Your Cat by Christopher Day. It is […]

Should Cochrane Call for More Research Into Homeopathy?

1st March, 2008 Andy L 14

The Cochrane Collaboration is an independent network of volunteers, funded only by donations, that collate systematic reviews of the evidence base for healthcare interventions. You […]

A Simple Challenge to Homeopaths

7th December, 2007 Andy L 288

Homeopaths are feeling under threat at the moment and are scrambling around wondering what to do about it. I think there are a number of […]

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  • PATHWAYS: A Trial Built on Missing Data, Pseudoscience, and Quiet Cruelty25th November, 2025
  • The Irresistible Demise of Bristol Waldorf School.19th November, 2025
  • Science or Snake Oil: Will the NHS Puberty Blocker Trial Harm More Than It Helps?28th February, 2025
  • The Illusion of Proof: Confirmation bias and the Lucy Letby Case10th September, 2024
  • What would an ethical clinical trial into puberty blockers look like?15th July, 2024

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What Every Parent Should Know About Steiner-Waldorf Schools

2nd November, 2012 483

You may know my feelings about Steiner/Waldorf Schools*. Most importantly, that prospective parents are not being told about the occult foundations of the Steiner philosophy. […]

What Doctors Don’t Tell You – A Publishing Sensation

4th October, 2012 336

Hot on the heels of the new killer magazine What Doctors Don’t Tell You we are seeing an explosion of new titles trying to mimic […]

Why is Homeopathy Successful?

13th January, 2012 224

Just before Christmas, Lia Burkeman and Stephanie Kramer, wrote an article for Urban Times that asked the question, “Homeopathy: Can it be a Success Story?” To […]

On the The Reckless Physicking of Amateur Females.

16th November, 2010 35

It would appear to be important for homeopaths to show how the rich, blue blooded and famous are supporters of homeopathy. One might suggest that […]

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The Futility of Finding Physical Explanations for Homeopathy

10th October, 2010 52

From the very first decades of homeopathy’s existence in the early 19th Century, mainstream scientists have dismissed its claims for one simple reason: the extremely […]

Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 2

16th April, 2024 4

Continued from Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1 The Myths (Part 1) … Myth 1: 98% of […]

Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1

14th April, 2024 29

It has now been just little under a week since the publication of the long anticipated NHS independent review of gender identity services for children […]

Brighton Sceptics and the Reece’s Pieces

22nd November, 2023 0

from the twitter thread. Let me tell you about “Reece’s Pieces”. So, Brighton Skeptics were to hold a talk in January between Hannah Barnes and […]

The Muddling of the American Mind – Part II

22nd March, 2023 17

Apologies for the delay on publshing Part II. The weight of muddle proved too much for me at times! But I thought I must publish […]

The Muddling of the American Mind: Part I

23rd July, 2022 76

In a recent blog post on the web site Science Based Medicine, Steven Novella asks the question “What does the science actually say about biological […]

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