Fun with the Code of Ethics
The Society of Homeopaths have recently had their 30th Anniversary Annual General Meeting and Conference at Leicester University. Lots of pop and cake were undoubtedly […]
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How Life Healthcare Coped with the Terror of an ASA Investigation.
The Advertising Standards Authority is one of the few regulatory bodies in the UK regularly prepared to tackle the untruthful and unsubstantiated claims made routinely […]
How to become a Daytime TV Expert: The Jayney Goddard Story
Professor Jayney Goddard is the president of the Complementary Medical Association (CMA), “the world’s largest professional membership body for complementary medicine” and has been elected […]
Neal’s Yard Remedies ‘rapped by medicines regulator’
In a recent post, I described how Neal’s Yard Remedies had withdrawn their Malaria homeopathy pills. Their press release said, as this is obviously a […]
On Bullshit and Mindfucking
Edzard Ernst has accused practitioners of alternative medicine of lying to their patients. In last week’s New Scientist he gave an interview where he described […]
The ‘Close Doors’ Button
I read a rather disconcerting thing the other day. Apparently, the ‘close doors’ button on lifts (elevators, for my American friends) does not work. It […]
A Footnote to Darwin and Homeopathy
The homeopaths, like Dana Ullman, treat original scientific works like scripture – as a source of truth. Their own Hahnemannian scriptures trump scientific knowledge and […]
It’s a Stitch Up
It’s the big story this morning all over the British papers – the new killer in our midst – vitamin pills. Today, a new Cochrane […]
Medical Astrology – Forseeing the Future of Regulated Alternative Medicine
Part of the wonderful new world of regulated alternative medicine is the insistence that all registered practitioners undergo Continuous Professional Development. Just like in real […]
The Age of Quackery
In my last post I discussed how Hopi Ear Candles has nothing to do with the American Hopi tribe and was a technique that had […]