On the Muppet Show Tonight…
In his Guardian article, Ben Goldacre wrote about how homeopaths respond to criticism: With alternative therapists, when you point out a problem with the evidence, […]
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The Two Most Dangerous Words in Medicine are “Studies Show.”
Jerry Addler has published his New Year’s resolution in Newsweek, I will not report on any amazing new treatments for anything, unless they were tested […]
Tony Blair and Homeopathy
One thing always puzzled me about Tony Blair (well in fact, many things) was when he rather suddenly came out in defence of homeopathy. Out […]
Fighting for the Woo Pound in Your Pocket
Dr. Manish Bhatia of Hpathy.com has issued a new email newsletter entitled The Fight Back for Homeopathy. Apparently, there are a lot of anti-homeopathy bloggers […]
Massively Distracting, Cruelly Deceiving Quackery
On the eve of the Society of Homeopaths’ symposium in London on homeopathy and AIDS, the SoH issue a press release. It is a statement […]
Winterson/Goldacre Head-to-Head in the Daily Mail
The Daily Mail have re-printed the Guardian’s homeopathic spat between Jeanette Winterson and Ben Goldacre. Both articles (trimmed down) are now head-to-head. But not all […]
Exradia: Angels or Demons?
Last June, I wrote about emerging company, Exradia, and their attempts to sell a magic mobile phone battery to the major handset manufacturers, such as […]
be4 + afta
I have added new analytical debunking capability to the quackometer by employing the subtle subversive humour of the lolcats. For each of the current top […]
Dr Elaine Weatherley-Jones: You and Yours and ME
Radio 4’s You and Yours programme has been running a series on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME. Today saw the last in the series and concentrated on […]
The Quack Language Instinct
Put down your sweaty iPod Touch and slide your fingers over the downy back of the Quackometer as it makes its debut in the funky […]