Julian Graves: Not Just Nuts – Dangerously Irresponsible
So. Today. I had a quite jaw dropping conversation in my local branch of Julian Graves. For my American readers, Julian Graves is a shop […]
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Neutrahealth in Trouble
In the last few days, vitamin pill company Neutrahealth (NUT.L), has seen a precipitous drop in its share price. Its investors look like they believe […]
How Can You Criticise Homeopathy When You Have Never Studied It?
Anyone who has ever entered into a debate with a homeopathy about the nature of their trade will have sooner or later bumped into this […]
Kaloba Cold Cure: How the MHRA condones quackery
The newspapers today were delighting in reporting that a new cold treatment was being made available to us in Britian. Kaloba is an extract of […]
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Malaria?
Dr* T on his Thinking is Dangerous blog reports that Helios appear to have stopped selling their Malaria nosodes for the homeopathic prevention of Malaria. […]
The Epiphenomena of Quackery
Sometimes it can be hard to tell science from pseudoscience. On the surface, both can look the same. What is remarkable is how deep this […]
Write to Your MP about our Libel Laws
George Monbiot writes in today’s Guardian about the shame of our libel laws in the UK. The Rath case highlights the basic injustice of such […]
Matthias Rath: The “Definitive Charlatan”
The highlight of this week has been the news that Matthias Rath has folded in his attempt to sue Ben Goldacre and the Guardian. Rath […]
A little sip and you can join the Mile High Club and Solve the Credit Crunch
One of the themes of Ben Goldacre’s new book, Bad Science, is the ‘medicalisation of everyday life’. (read and except here). Everyday experiences are turned […]
As seen on Amazon…
(as seen here.) Congratulations Ben on finally getting the book out. I will review it as soon as your publisher sees fit to send me […]