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3rd September, 2008
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A little sip and you can join the Mile High Club and Solve the Credit Crunch

One of the themes of Ben Goldacre's new book, Bad Science, is the 'medicalisation of…

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Andy L
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27th February, 2007
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Go on, you deserve it. Slap yourself with a Healing Broom

Following on from my last post about whether the people that run quack web sites…

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Andy L
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12th October, 2006
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Quack Word #40: ‘Energy’

Or 'How to be debunked by a nine year old schoolgirl'In the special world of…

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Andy L
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4th October, 2006
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“Once Dismissed as Hokum…” A Guide to Writing About Quackery in the Mail

"Once Dismissed as Hokum" is how Dr Danny Penman begins with a less-than-half-truth in his…

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Andy L
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31st July, 2006
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Do Hedgehogs Give My Cat Acupuncture?

I thought my post on Reiki Healing for Hedgehogs was going to be a one-off.…

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Andy L
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18th June, 2006
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“Hands-off” Healing of Hedgehogs

Quackery is often accompanied with grand associations with complex science, the harder the better. Usually,…

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Andy L
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