Is Chiropractic X-raying Illegal?
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, […]
Quack Treatments
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 Society of Homeopaths: The Failure of Self Regulation
The Adverting Standards Authority has today found that a homeopath advertised their asthma clinic for kids by making untruthful, unsubstantiated and irresponsible claims. Archway House […]
Triamazon Man Convicted
You may remember in January that I reported how dawn raids had been conducted on the house of a man selling a quack remedy called […]
Neal’s Yard Ethical Bullshit Remedy
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 […]
Neal’s Yard Remedies Offers Lethal Homeopathic Malaria Advice
Unbelievably, nearly two years after BBC Newsnight exposed ten homeopaths offering dangerous advice to travellers about malaria protection, the BBC have found high street chain […]
Hopi Ear Candling – Removing the Grey Goo Between Your Ears
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 Society of Homeopaths: One Year On
Here are the stated aims of the Society of Homeopaths for 2007 and set out at the start of the year… The Society of Homeopaths’ […]
Should Cochrane Call for More Research Into Homeopathy?
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 […]
Homeopathy Research Institute – The Highest Scientific Standards…
The Homeopathy Research Institute (HRI) has been set up by homeopaths Alex Tournier (who apparently works for Cancer Research UK) and Clare Relton (who is […]