Meddling Princes, Medical Regulation and Licenses to Kill
The Eighteenth Century in England was the Golden Age of Quackery, with London being a world capital for mountebanks, charlatans and other practitioners of irregular […]
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Bogus Science and Other Christmas Gifts
Yes, like it or not, now is the time to start thinking about the perfect gift for the geek in your life. Last year we […]
John Wesley and The Origins of the Natural Health Movement
Examine the discourse of any alternative medicine and you will encounter a surprisingly homogenous set of themes: that their methods are natural, simple, available to […]
UNCRC Demands Equal Access to Quackery for Children
Last week, a comment piece in the Guardian asked, “Should there be freedom to mislead?”. It is an interesting question. Should the State intervene and […]
Why I am Nominating Luc Montagnier for an IgNobel Prize
Luc Montagnier is an interesting and strange character. Last year he was a shared winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine. A remarkable achievement. However, […]
MP David Tredinnick calls for more Government Funding of Medical Astrology and Remote Energetic Healing
Yesterday, the House of Commons saw a debate on the funding of medical astrology. Yes. Medical Astrology. The Hansard Report of the debate has a […]
What would $34 billion of Quack money buy you?
Today the US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine has issued a report that shows that Americans spend $33.9 billion out-of-pocket on complementary and […]
Tweet your Quack Web Pages to @quackometer
In my continuing quest to make The Quackometer the Internet’s premier resource for all your quackbusting needs, I have now taken it to Twitter. If […]
Skeptics in the Field
So, a few days back from the Glastonbury festival, showered and variously recovered from vicious sun, torrential thunderstorms, lack of sleep and the magical outpourings […]
Government bails out Ofquack as it rewrites old press release
Last March I asked, “Will the government bail out Ofquack?” when it was becoming very clear that the new government backed ‘regulator’ for pseudo-medical […]