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Andy Burman Resigns From Ofquack
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:08:00 +0000
Andy Burman, Chief Executive of the British Dietetic Association, appears to have resigned his post from the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (Ofquack). This news follows my recent criticism on this site of the BDA for not doing enough to educate the public about the difference between pseudoscientific Nutritional Therapists (as to be 'regulated' by Ofquack) and professionally
Desperate Remedies
Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:42:00 +0000
Homeopathy on the NHS has nearly vanished. We see prescriptions have halved in the past two years and one of the last five hospitals has been confirmed to close. This is as it should be. The last vestigial remnants of nineteenth century quackery in the state health care system are being dropped from the tax payers burden. There is nothing unsurprising here. It is the natural result of an
Qu-Chi Coup at the Telegraph
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:49:00 +0000
In a shocking move the Daily Telegraph has got rid of its Business Editor, and subsequently the other Financial and City columnists have left. In the future, its business coverage will be written by their sports, arts and news desk staff and will not undergo thorough and knowledgeable editing. Actually, this is not true. There would be riots on the 0720 commuter train from Surbiton. What is true,
That's It for Tunbridge Wells Homeopathic Hospital
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:19:00 +0000
Reported today in Pulse, Campaigners look to have lost their fight to save a leading homeopathic hospital, in a landmark case that accelerates the treatment’s deepening crisis over NHS funding. West Kent PCT decided there was ‘not enough evidence of clinical effectiveness’ to justify funding routine homeopathic consultations and treatments at the Tunbridge Wells Homeopathic Hospital, a decision
Healing the Wounds of Alternative Medicine
Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:34:00 +0000
It has not been a good few weeks to be a supporter of alternative medicine. We have seen reports that GP prescriptions of homeopathic remedies are in terminal collapse. A Nutritional therapist has had to get their insurers to fork out hundreds of thousands of pounds after a patient was left brain damaged. And of course, genocidal maniacs appear to be able to shift their talents quite easily into
Vanessa Feltz and Other Mangy Foxes
Alleged Victim of Oxford Nutritionist 'Detox Diet' wins £810,000
The "New Fundamentalism": Why Lionel Milgrom is Plain Wrong (Again)
What's Behind the Green Door? More Unorthodox Thoughts from Glastonbury
Dispatches from the Sceptic Fields
£10,000 if you can show homeopathy works
Sip Drink: Unnatural, Unethical, Farcical
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