The Curious Case of Nativis, The Forsaken Nobel Prize Winner and the Ghost of Jacques Benveniste
I was recently alerted by Bob Park’s rather great What’s New email about an extraordinary new company in the US called Nativis.They have a swish […]
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Liverpool NHS PCT Drops Supernatural Cancer Claims from Website
Six weeks ago I wrote about how Liverpool Homeopathic ‘hospital’ was advertising that it offered cancer treatments based on the supernatural beliefs of mystic Rudolf […]
Liverpool NHS PCT Offering Quack Mysticism as Cancer Cure
Liverpool NHS Primary Care Trust funds a Department of Homeopathy, one the last four remaining publicly funded homeopathic hospitals in the UK. It publicises that […]
Why I am Nominating Luc Montagnier for an IgNobel Prize
Luc Montagnier is an interesting and strange character. Last year he was a shared winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine. A remarkable achievement. However, […]
Mistletoe and Cancer
Merry Christmas! Last Christmas, we looked at the quackery surrounding myrrh. This year, it is time for me to have little whine about mistletoe. Christmas […]
The Vets Who Make People Feel Better
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 […]
Holfordism: Understanding Patrick, Optimum Nutrition, and the Nutritionist Industry
Patrick Holford has built up a very impressive and comprehensive empire; networks of web sites, charities, a college, educational trusts and of course, books, TV […]
Quack Word #12: ‘Organic’
I believe that organic food is a con, is not necessarily more healthy for you, tastes no different, and is damaging to the environment. There, […]