Curing Homeopathy
How should homeopaths be regulated? I am not sure I have made up my mind yet about what I would like to see and I […]
Ben Goldacre
The $100 Homeopathy Challenge: Update
Well, I have had two conversations with homeopaths now about taking the challenge. Recap: its a simple challenge to see if a homeopath can determine […]
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, […]
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 […]
The Society of Homeopaths: Truth Matters
I doubt we will ever see an X-Factor moment where a homeopath is forced to brutally confront the totality of their own delusions as they […]
Absence of Evidence
The absence of the Bad Science column in yesterday’s Guardian has all the makings of a bigger story than had there actually been a column. […]
Lethal Trust
If you were to believe the Society of Homeopaths, the quacks that were handing out lethal advice to Newsnight investigators about malaria prevention, were just […]
The Depths of Ms McKeith’s Anti-Science
It’s been a bad week for Gillian. The anti-quackery blogging brigade have been partaking in bouts of the great British pastime of uncontrolled Schadenfreude (why […]
Quack Word #39: ‘Superfood’
Regular listeners to BBC Radio 4’s Womans‘ Hour will have recently heard nutritionist Suzi Grant extolling the virtues of so-called superfoods. Quackery, I say. But […]
Quack Word #16: ‘Nutritionist’
A regular comment to me is to ask “why have I got it in for Nutritionists?” Surely, these are dedicated health professionals who do wonders […]