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Archive of posts tagged DC’s Improbable Science

Burzynski and Yes to Life charity in trouble

All this recent exposure of the controversy surrounding the Burzynski Clinic has exposed the Yes to Life charity to scrutiny and, especially, the charity’s funding from benefit concerts. As always, Quackometer has a blog on this: Burzynski Supporting Charity Loses Funding http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2012/01/burzynski-supporting-charity-loses-funding.html Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012

Burzynski in Court for negligence, negligent misrepresentation, fraud, deceptive trade and conspiracy

Need to keep an eye on this, Burzynski is being sued by en elderly patient: Burzynski in Court: Patient treated like a ‘Cash Machine’ http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2012/01/burzynski-in-court-patient-treated-like-a-cash-machine.html Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012

The fight against woo – a good start to the year

DC’s Improbable Science has posted a summary of the fiver-year battle against the nonsense that UK universities have taught. It’s encouraging: The demise of quackademia. Progress in the last 5 years leaves Michael Driscoll and Geoffrey Petts isolated. http://www.dcscience.net/?p=4900 Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012

Burzynski Clinic treatments

Further detailed information on the Burzynski Clinic and the treatments that they offer: Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski’s “personalized gene-targeted cancer therapy”: Can he do what he claims for cancer? http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/stanislaw-burzynskis-personalized-gene-targeted-cancer-therapy/ Other previous articles from myself: The Observer, the Burzynski Clinic, and Complicity in Misinformation http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/12/04/711.html The Burzynski Clinic Threatens 17 Year Old Blogger http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/11/29/705.html Burzynski Clinic [...]

The Observer, the Burzynski Clinic, and Complicity in Misinformation

No one wants to admit that they’re wrong. Pointing them to well researched articles, exposing flaws in their logic and their decisions should make a reasonable person change their mind. But this isn’t the case most of the time. Instead, people believe that they’re under attack and become more firmly entrenched in their positions. I [...]

The Burzynski Clinic Threatens 17 Year Old Blogger

Just go there and read the tale of Rhys Morgan: The Burzynski Clinic Threatens 17 Year Old Blogger http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2011/11/the-burzynski-clinic-threatens-17-year-old-blogger.html And here is Morgan’s blog: Threats from The Burzynski Clinic http://rhysmorgan.co/2011/11/threats-from-the-burzynski-clinic/ Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011

Burzynski Clinic

Further to my own article on the threats being issued by the Burzynski Clinic, there is an article from DC’s Improbable Science: The cruelty of the Burzynski Clinic must be stopped. Come on, Marc Stephens, make my day http://www.dcscience.net/?p=4836&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-cruelty-of-the-burzynski-clinic-must-be-stopped-come-on-marc-stephens-make-my-day Update 29 Nov 2011: More related posts: Stanislaw, Streisand and Spartacus http://josephinejones.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/stanislaw-streisand-and-spartacus/ Links to Burzynski Clinic [...]

More on the apparent stridency of atheists

I recently posted an article regarding the apparent stridency of atheists. DC’S Improbable Science has also just posted an article where stridency is also mentioned. Good stuff. Science, philosophy and religion: which best offers us the tools to understand the world around us? http://www.dcscience.net/?p=4813 Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011

University of Wales – validation of external degrees

This from Quackometer on The University of Wales: McTimoney Chiropractic College in Deep Trouble http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2011/10/mctimoney-chiropractic-college-in-deep-trouble.html …and this from DC’s Improbable Science where the University’s previous practices on validating external degrees are described as bordering on corrupt: The University of Wales disgraced (but its vice chancellor is promoted) http://www.dcscience.net/?p=4766 However, what about the people within the [...]

Southampton University; be careful what you teach

Apologists for Andrew Wakefield at Southampton University: a Russell group university teaching some dangerous nonsense http://www.dcscience.net/?p=4582 Please, please, please, please, please, Southampton University. Quality courses and critical thinking skills go a long way. Let’s keep the garbage out. Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011