Oh dear. Looks like more nonsense from Prince Charles’s associates. Buckinghamgate: the new “College of Medicine” arising from the ashes of the Prince’s Foundation for Integrated Health http://www.dcscience.net/?p=3263 Read it, and despair. Perhaps it should have been called the College of Un-medicine! Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010
Middlesex University – they teach this crap?
Over at DC’s Improbable Science there is an article discussing some nonsense being taught at Middlesex University…well, not just nonsense but dangerous nonsense. Science it ain’t. More info at http://www.dcscience.net/?p=2923 More quackedemia. Dangerous Chinese medicine taught at Middlesex University Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010
British MPs displaying ignorance?
DC’s Improbable Science has an article http://www.dcscience.net/?p=2829 titled “A handy list of dimwitted members of parliament” which starts: An‘early day motion1 (EDM 908) has been tabled in parliament which opposes the conclusions of the science and technology committee report on the evidence for homeopathy. After two weeks it has been signed by an amazing 55 [...]
BBC – appalling science reporting?
It seems that the BBC is much like any other large news organisation; perhaps better than some and perhaps worse than others. It has time pressures to produce something that is current and topical. And this can lead to poor research, poor quality assurance and poor implementation with biased reporting and inaccurate information. I certainly [...]
Homeopathy degrees
Apparently there’s an old saying, “Don’t kick a man when he’s trying to apologise”. Or something like that. And so I welcomed the news of several universities dropping “degree” courses in homeopathy. It can’t have been an easy thing to do but I’d like to think that the universities recognised the need to maintain intellectual [...]
University of Westminster and bullshit degrees
Say it ain’t so! DC’s Improbable Science provides another great article at http://www.dcscience.net/?p=1812 on what are obviously cash-cows for the University of Westminster. Cash-cows, yes, but also bullshit degrees. IMHO of course! Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009
Health Professions Council nonsense
More hot stuff from DC’s Improbable Science http://dcscience.net/?p=1284 DC makes some very pertinent points regarding the decline of rigour within the Health Professionals Council (HPC), and the growth of nonsense. Nonsense is as nonsense does. Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009
Royal firm’s adverts ‘misleading’
Some progress, of sorts http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7956378.stm The MHRA has upheld the complaint about the wording used to advertise the medical efficacy of Prince Charles’s Dutchy Originals "Duchy Herbals Echina-Relief Tincture" and "Duchy Herbals Hyperi-Lift Tincture". Now, I’m no fan of the MHRA as they are not fully transparent and have washed their hands in dealing with [...]