Homeopathy is witchcraft. Does not cure whooping cough.

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May 082012
 

Dr Steven Novella describes some nonsense from the homeopathy community who were promoting homeopathic “treatments” for whooping cough:

Some people argue that, even if homeopathic treatments don’t cure, at least they don’t harm. Well, that’s nonsense as well. Use of homeopathic “treatments” often discourages the patient from seeking proper medical care. The above article, and the website What’s the harm? explain quite clearly.

A related article is:

Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012

Oh dear. The College of Medicine.

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May 032012
 

DC’s Improbable Science has an article detailing the harm that the “College of Medicine” is causing:

Wow. You can see why David Colquhoun is angry. Something is rotten to the core.

Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012

Why do people believe in nonsense?

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Apr 052012
 

I think most of us know that homeopathy is nonsense, that it’s nothing more than a placebo. And I thought I’d heard all homeopathic nonsenses until I watched this:

Crazy Homeopathy Lady Charlene Werner Explains Physics

It’s almost as if she’s had a dose of woo from Deepak Chopra!

This raises an interesting question: Why do people believe in nonsense? The great Carl Sagan explored this many years ago in his book “The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, and by Michael Shermer in several of his books such as “Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time”.

It seems to me that people want to believe in something fantastical regardless of the weight of evidence that show that their beliefs just ain’t so. Is this a result of their upbringing, a failure to use tools such as common sense and critical thinking? Education is always important but we are unlikely to be totally free of wackos.

Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012

The bogus, the scammers, the quacks, the pseudo-scientists and other pedlars of bullshit

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Oct 142011
 

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

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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

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3. The ASA struggles with clamping down on homeopathic advertising abuse. Perhaps the ASA need a greater regulatory standing and enforcement powers:

The Advertising Regulator Struggles with Homeopaths
http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2011/10/asa-struggles-with-homeopaths.html

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And some related and interesting here’s stuff from elsewhere that I’m also catching up with:

Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011

Homeopathy cures and prevents malaria and HIV…what?

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Aug 252011
 

small-skullJeremy Sherr’s clinics promoting homeopathy in Africa is, as Quackometer puts it, murderous.

Homeopathy has been shown to be a placebo and, as a placebo, can have certain benefits for a narrow range of ailments through use of psychological effects. And there are probably better ways to harness this placebo effect. But to use homeopathy to treat and prevent diseases such as malaria and HIV is immoral. It is illegal in the UK to make claims that homeopathy cures/prevents malaria and HIV, so why are we allowing homeopaths make such claims in Tanzania and in other African countries?

Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011

The Complementary Medical Association denounce the Advertising Standards Authority

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Aug 032011
 

Wow. Just wow. Quackometer takes apart an email from the President of The Complementary Medical Association which was discrediting and denouncing the Adverting Standards Authority (ASA). A must read for those who care about evidence-based medicines and the fight against nonsense and quackery.

Quack, quack!ducks4

Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011

More garbage from homeopaths exposed by Quackometer

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Jul 272011
 

Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011

Murderous advice of homeopaths

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May 022011
 

Quackometer article that describes “the depths of the murderous advice being handed out by homeopaths in Kenya”.

And the article makes it clear that the Society of Homeopaths are complicit. Again we find the “deluded and superstitious practices of homeopathy” are directly responsible for harm. A tragedy, a scandal.

Note: scientific understanding not only shows the implausibility of homeopathy theory but, critically, high-quality trials have shown that homeopathic treatments are nothing more than a placebo.

Also read:

Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011

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