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Science or Snake Oil: Will the NHS Puberty Blocker Trial Harm More Than It Helps?
The Illusion of Proof: Confirmation bias and the Lucy Letby Case
What would an ethical clinical trial into puberty blockers look like?
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 2
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1
Brighton Sceptics and the Reece’s Pieces
Getting AI to write a Thesis on Transgender and Non-binary Archaeology.
The Muddling of the American Mind – Part II
Science or Snake Oil: Will the NHS Puberty Blocker Trial Harm More Than It Helps?
The Illusion of Proof: Confirmation bias and the Lucy Letby Case
What would an ethical clinical trial into puberty blockers look like?
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 2
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1
Brighton Sceptics and the Reece’s Pieces
Getting AI to write a Thesis on Transgender and Non-binary Archaeology.
The Muddling of the American Mind – Part II
  • Science or Snake Oil: Will the NHS Puberty Blocker Trial Harm More Than It Helps?

  • The Illusion of Proof: Confirmation bias and the Lucy Letby Case

  • Sex and Gender

    Tribal Scepticism

    Andy L 3rd January, 2020
  • Sex and Gender

    On the existence of females

    Andy L 8th June, 2020
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    Have Homeopaths Reached Peak Stupid?

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    Andy L 21st November, 2014
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    What the Steiner Waldorf School Movement did not want you to read.

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    Andy L 14th June, 2013
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    Steiner Schools and Risk Factors for Child Abuse

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(False) Hope 4 Cancer

Richard Branson has apparently intervened to fly a desperately poorly girl from Mexico who was…

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Andy L
258 Comments
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14th June, 2012
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Homeopathy and Sports Injuries.

  The Society of Homeopaths have been proudly kicking off their Homeopathy Awareness Week. This…

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Andy L
39 Comments
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10th June, 2012
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Can You Dish Out Sugar Pills for £50,000?

The University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a grade 8b pharmacist…

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Andy L
26 Comments
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29th May, 2012
College of Medicine Quack Culture Totnes

An Evening With the TQ9ers

As you enter the Devon town of Totnes you will greeted with the ‘Welcome to…

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Andy L
42 Comments
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24th May, 2012
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Are Private Cancer Hospitals Breaking the Law?

The Cancer Act 1939 tends to appear fairly frequently on this blog. The reason is…

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Andy L
46 Comments
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21st May, 2012
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The Swizz Report on Homeopathy

Homeopaths are buzzing with news that a report has been supposedly published by the Swiss…

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Andy L
487 Comments
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18th May, 2012
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Homeopaths in Panic over New Medicines Rules

The medicines regulator, the MHRA, has been conducting a project to review UK medicines legislation.…

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Andy L
100 Comments
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24th April, 2012
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BBC Snooker Promoting Cancer Quackery

Snooker player, Peter Ebdon, has been appearing on the BBC Snooker Championships with a promotional…

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Andy L
105 Comments
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16th April, 2012
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Chiropractors Cash In on Olympics.

The Olympics are coming to London this Summer and the presence of such a huge…

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Andy L
26 Comments
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14th April, 2012
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Myovision Scans and Chiropractic

An advert in my local paper called for people to come into the Wells Chiropractic…

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Andy L
86 Comments
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