Green Science
What is science? And how do you define a scientist? Anyone who has given these questions any serious thought will realise that these are not […]
The Media Code for Homeopaths
As I reported in December, various homeopathy groups from the UK have held a conference, hosted by a PR firm, in order to develop a […]
When the Regulator Believes in Fairies, Who Protects the Public?
It would appear to be a common mistake in the regulation of alternative medicine to assume that those trained in the subject, and who practice […]
The Homeopaths’ Response to the CBC Marketplace Programme
This week, the Canadian consumer affairs programme Marketplace devoted its episode to looking at the claims, practices and regulation of homeopathy. It is a pretty […]
In Five Years, the Society of Homeopaths Have Learnt Nothing
Hat tip to the Quackometer on BBC Newsnight… Before they reconsider their damning response. here it is… with annotations in red Society of […]
The New Age Medicine of Prince Charles
Imagine the not too distant future. You book an appointment with your GP, as you have had a persistent and bad headache for a while […]
Escaping the Cult of Homeopathy
How are we to understand the persistence of alternative medicine beliefs? Despite the absurdity of many of the claims of the various superstitious medicines, we […]
BBC Radio 4: The Life of Samuel Hahnemann
This the BBC Radio 4 programme that was on today about the Life of Samuel Hahnemann, founder of homeopathy. It is well worth a listen.http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/wdk90/ This is not a programme about whether homeopathy works or not. But an examination o…
TED Quacks
The TED talks are a treat. TED runs a series of conferences around the world where interesting people are invited to speak about “ideas worth […]
Homeopaths Find The Solution – Hire PR Consultants.
Under the banner of One Vision, One Voice you can watch the conference as it used a PR Consultant to brainstorm a set of ‘themes’ […]