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 […]
Quack Treatments
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 […]
Ten Reasons why the Society of Homeopaths Should not Receive PSA Accreditation
The Society of Homeopaths are applying to become accredited as a voluntary professional register with the Professional Standards Authority. Should the PSA approve their application, it […]
William Alderson Hung Out to Dry by Homeopaths
The desire for homeopaths to obtain state-recognised legitimacy has been tearing the trade apart for a decade or more. On one side are those with ambitions to […]
Society of Homeopaths Seeks Accreditation from the Professional Standards Authority
Health regulators do an important thing: protect the public from the potential risks that health care providers and their practices pose to their clients. Risks […]
2013 Will See the End of NHS Homeopathy Hospitals in England.
On the 7th of January 2013, the Cotham Hill site of the Bristol Homeopathic Hospital will close and the staff will move to a new […]
Solal Technologies Sues South African Sceptic
Solal Technologies, a South African company that sells a wide range of vitamin and food supplements with associated questionable claims, is suing the writer Kevin Charleston […]
Spinning Acupuncture
How should we read a scientific paper? A new study, published last week1, would suggest that it is a very bad idea to simply read […]
Chekhov, Homeopathy and the Placebo Effect
What can Anton Chekhov tell us about the placebo effect? Chekhov is best known as a great writer of short stories. But he was also a […]