Changing times for homeopaths
Many websites of homeopaths are changing. Some as a direct result of being contacted by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and some, no doubt, because, now they are aware of the ASA’s rules,...
View ArticleThat ‘neutral’ Swiss homeopathy report
What does the Swiss Government really think about homeopathy? By Sven Rudloff and Zeno Jump to Postscript A lot has been made by homeopaths about the ‘neutral’ Swiss Government’s report and its...
View ArticleThe bitter sugar pill
In his Guardian article, Homeopaths offer to rebrand products as ‘confectionery’, Martin Robbins tells the story that, faced with being unable to sell their products as homeopathic medicines because...
View ArticleStop this unscientific meddling
The exposé by Prof David Colquhoun of the interference by the Department of Health — at the behest of homeopathy promoters — in the publication of impartial, scientifically-based information about...
View ArticlePaying the price of homeopathic research
Do homeopaths’ claims that trials are too expensive and that they can’t afford them hold water? Homeopaths have an ambivalent attitude to research: they are quick to jump on any results they think...
View ArticleFalling trust in homeopathy
There’s an un-written rule — or at least there should be — that anything said in support of homeopathy cited by a homeopath or supporter should be taken with a large pinch of natrium muriaticum. That’s...
View ArticleAn idiot’s guide to understanding NHS homeopathy prescription data
A guide for the clueless When writing Nightingale Collaboration newsletters, I presume readers have some basic science, search, maths and critical thinking skills. I’m sure this covers a good...
View ArticleThe evidence for David Tredinnick MP
Last month, the following exchange took place in the House of Commons during Health Questions, supposedly about the Government’s revised adult Autism strategy: David Tredinnick (Bosworth) (Con): Is my...
View ArticleAnother homeopathy fail
Prof Ernst has covered the details of the Judicial Review brought by homeopathy user Honor Watt against NHS Lothian after their decision to withdraw funding for homeopathy referrals to the Glasgow...
View ArticleThe Society of Homeopaths: failing to make the case for homeopathy
Homeopaths publish ten studies they claim affirm the ‘potential benefits of homeopathy for a range of health problems’, but do they withstand scrutiny? Homeopathy is under severe pressure in the UK...
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