• Sex and Gender

    Science or Snake Oil: Will the NHS Puberty Blocker Trial Harm More Than It Helps?

    In spring 2025, NHS England may launch its much-anticipated “Pathways” trial into puberty blockers, a £10.7 million endeavour led by King’s College London and backed by the National Institute for Health and Care Research. This follows the Cass Review’s damning verdict on the thin evidence behind these drugs—gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists used to pause puberty in children with gender dysphoria—and a subsequent halt to their routine use in March 2024. With recruitment set to begin via England’s new regional gender services, the study promises answers where Cass found none. Yet, as The Quackometer has long cautioned, clinical trials can be fertile [read more...]
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Is Chiropractic X-raying Illegal?

by Andy L in chiropractic 24

Chiropractors have achieved a status amongst practitioners of alternative medicine that is almost unrivalled. In the UK, they have achieved a level of mainstream acceptance, regulation and recognition that must be the envy of homeopaths and herbalists. Such is their standing that I suspect that many people would not even [read more...]
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What Every Parent Should Know About Steiner-Waldorf Schools

by Andy L in Bad Charity 483

You may know my feelings about Steiner/Waldorf Schools*. Most importantly, that prospective parents are not being told about the occult foundations of the Steiner philosophy. You may think that the mystical, spiritual and esoteric movement behind Steiner schools might be a very important factor in deciding whether your children should [read more...]

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