Well, we know that homeopathy is nothing more than a placebo and we know the dangers of using homeopathy instead of real medical treatments. We also know the falsehoods promulgated by homeopaths of how homeopathy is supposed to work. Now it would appear that Richard Barr, the director of the Society of Homeopaths, is threatening [...]
The British Chiropractic Association has dropped its libel case against Simon Singh. Good. Full article at the BBC at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8621880.stm But libel lays in this country need to be improved, and the fight against nonsense continues! Other related information: Chiropractors – back in pain http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2010/03/03/371.html Beware the spinal trap http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2009/07/29/324.html Chiropractors on the run? http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2009/06/10/316.html [...]
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 [...]
