Singh Case Puts Chiropractors Under Siege

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As the British Chiropractic Association's battle with Simon Singh continues to work its way through the legal system, chiropractors are counting the fincancial costs of a major backlash resulting from a libel action that has left the Lord Chief Justice "baffled". What was originally a dispute between the BCA and one science writer over free speech has...

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My Response to the British Homeopathic Association

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Over the weekend I received a rare honour, a press release directed at me with the full intellectual might of the British Homeopathic Association behind it. The statement came after I wrote a piece for the Guardian which was published under the title "Homeopathic...
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Homeopathy: Useless, Dishonest and Unethical

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In the words of one blogger, “the Select Committee was biased - biased by the evidence.” Today the Science and Technology Select Committee delivered their verdict on homeopathy, and it was devastating. The committee have called for the complete withdrawal of NHS...
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The Homeopaths Strike Back (The Times)

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 22:58

It's fair to say that 2010 hasn't been a vintage year for homeopathy so far. At the end of January, a mass public 'overdose' by critics aiming to demonstrate the fact that homeopathic remedies contain no active ingredients received widespread coverage. Weeks later, the Science & Technology Select Committee released a report that damned not just homeopathy, but the homeopaths themselves, ultimately concluding that homeopathy works no better than placebo, and that NHS funding for the alternative medicine should be scrapped.

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Singh Case Puts Chiropractors Under Siege

Mon, 03/01/2010 - 19:47

As the British Chiropractic Association's battle with Simon Singh continues to work its way through the legal system, chiropractors are counting the fincancial costs of a major backlash resulting from a libel action that has left the Lord Chief Justice "baffled". What was originally a dispute between the BCA and one science writer over free speech has become a brutally effective campaign to reform an entire industry.

A staggering one in four chiropractors in Britain are now under investigation for allegedly making misleading claims in advertisements, according to figures revealed by the General Chiropractic Council.

Continue reading at The Guardian!

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The Pod Delusion #23

Fri, 02/26/2010 - 09:57
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British Chiropractic Association Give Statement on Singh Libel Hearing

Wed, 02/24/2010 - 20:03

I'll be filing a piece for The Guardian tomorrow (Edit: now appearing Monday) on the latest developments surrounding Simon Singh's judge-baffling libel case. In the meantime, I've been approaching various people for comment, and I've managed to get a statement from the BCA. Here it is in it's full, informative glory, followed by my own in-depth analysis.

"Thanks for your email and request for interview and comment. The BCA is currently not providing any comment but as matters progress this might change and if it does we'll contact you. Sorry we can't help at this time."

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Homeopathy: Useless, Dishonest and Unethical

Tue, 02/23/2010 - 08:37

In the words of one blogger, “the Select Committee was biased - biased by the evidence.” Today the Science and Technology Select Committee delivered their verdict on homeopathy, and it was devastating. The committee have called for the complete withdrawal of NHS funding and MHRA licensing of homeopathy.

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The 130th Skeptics Circle

Thu, 02/11/2010 - 14:40

Welcome, stranger, to the 130th edition of the Skeptics Circle, the blog carnival that is to blog carnivals what the Morris Minor is to Japan.

As a bit of a change, and to make things nice and concise so that you can get straight to the lovely juicy meat of the articles without having to read lots of tedious waffle by me first, I'm going to do a special "quotes" edition. Each quote links to an article containing that quote. For extra fun, you can try guessing what the article is about from the quote!

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My Response to the British Homeopathic Association

Tue, 02/09/2010 - 17:44

Over the weekend I received a rare honour, a press release directed at me with the full intellectual might of the British Homeopathic Association behind it.

The statement came after I wrote a piece for the Guardian which was published under the title "Homeopathic association misrepresented evidence to MPs". Since they've taken such a personal interest in my work, I feel obliged to respond.

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10:23: My Arsenic Overdose

Sun, 01/31/2010 - 23:48

Saturday was a surreal day. First thing in the morning, I was wired up by a fly-on-the-wall documentary team before greeting the press and swallowing an entire bottle of (homeopathic) arsenic. At lunch, still alive but barely awake, I was giving phone interviews to the Press Association and a Russian magazine, then I spent a frantic evening on the phone to a producer at BBC News 24 arranging to get a either Simon Singh or Evan Harris MP to the studio. This blogging nonsense really has changed my life.

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Homeopathy: There's Nothing In It! (The Guardian)

Fri, 01/29/2010 - 18:55

Tomorrow, I plan to travel to the centre of London where I will take a huge overdose – in public – consuming an entire bottle of pills.

I will not be alone. I'll be joined by several hundred others in London and around the world who will also be overdosing. No harm will come to us because the pills will be homeopathic, and therefore contain no active ingredient – just sugar.

Continue reading at The Guardian!

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The GMC on Wakefield:

Fri, 01/29/2010 - 18:53

So, now the verdict is out, what does it actually say?

Background:
As we all know, Wakefield and his colleagues published a case series on autistic children in the Lancet back in 1998. The paper itself was not particularly remarkable and scientifically was rather substandard and barely of publishable merit. However it did mention a possible link between MMR vaccination and autistic enterocolitis, something Wakefield went on to suggest this in much stronger terms in media interviews, implying causality. The rest is history.

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