Sam Homola recently posted an article at Science-Based Medicine where he describes his attempts to remove pseudoscience (i.e. subluxations) from chiropractic so as to provide treatments that provide legitimate effective treatment for back pain. It can be hoped that Homola succeeds but he has been at this since the early 1960s and progress has been [...]
Bunch of stuff from The Quackometer which I’ve only just got round to read. 1. The MHRA is not an effective organisation. Far from it: MHRA accused of “clothing naked quackery” http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2011/09/mhra-accused-of-clothing-naked-quackery.html 2. Misled graduates in career hurdle: McTimoney Chiropractic College in Deep Trouble http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2011/10/mctimoney-chiropractic-college-in-deep-trouble.html 3. The ASA struggles with clamping down on homeopathic advertising [...]
Quackometer article on chiropractors attacking their own regulator: Chiropractors at War with their Regulator, the GCC http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2010/11/chiropractors-at-war-with-their-regulator-the-gcc.html Chiropractic is based on quackery but I am aware that some are trying to distance themselves from the quackery nonsense and move to a more scientific approach; perhaps in the same way that modern chemistry moved on from [...]
reprinted from Sense About Science Simon Singh is a science writer in London and the co-author, with Edzard Ernst, of Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial. This is an edited version of an article published in The Guardian for which Singh is being personally sued for libel by the British Chiropractic Association. Beware the [...]
Following the recent coverage on chiropractic, The Quackometer article http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/06/chiropractors-told-to-take-down-their.html reports on an astounding letter sent from the McTimoney Association to all its members. In a nutshell, it appears that chiropractors are running scared…running scared that the public are about to found out the truth that chiropractic is a pseudoscience. There are several points in [...]
My view on chiropractic is simple…it has been shown that chiropractic is based on non-scientific ideas, and various studies and trials reinforce that position. In other words, trials indicate that chiropractic is "bogus". The recent situation with Simon Singh has rattled my cage, so to speak, and I have included some links here regarding the [...]
Although I have generally focused on homeopaths, and even though there has been some progress in addressing pseudoscience in some UK universities, Quackometer reminded me that there are a bunch of other pseudosciences out there that appear to be accepted by the public at large. In particular, Quackometer’s article discusses the current status of chiropractic. The [...]
