• 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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Have Homeopaths Reached Peak Stupid?

by Andy L in featured 243

Remove hot drinks and sharp objects from your immediate vicinity. Across the world, homeopaths today are trying to ‘heal the oceans’. To do so, British homeopath, Grace DaSilva-Hill, has been writing to appeal to other homeopaths to drop some homeopathic remedies into the sea. She tells homeopaths that those not close [read more...]

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