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, […]
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 […]
A Simple Challenge to Homeopaths
Homeopaths are feeling under threat at the moment and are scrambling around wondering what to do about it. I think there are a number of […]
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 […]
Homeopaths Changing Stories
This, morning David Colquhoun was on the Radio 4 Today programme (listen again, 20 minutes in) making the charge that today’s Society of Homeopaths Symposium […]
Jeanette Winterson: Art and ‘Misrepresentations’
Healing fools. The seemingly miraculous ability of our bodies to naturally fight and recover from illness, and our inquisitive brains that are eager to seek […]
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 […]
Jeanette Winterson in Blistering Attack on Homeopathy
Yesterday, prize winning author, Jeanette Winterson, delivered a devastating blow to supporters of homeopathy by calling for ‘better regulation’ of the profession and for the […]