DC highlights the curious case of David Tredinnick’s nonsense and ignorance of medical matters.
It seems clear to me that Tredinnick is a promoter of ignorance. A sane, rational and ethical person would not make the claims that he does. He is, after all, a corrupt politician and is regarded as a laughing-stock by many.
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2013
Which? Magazine have highlighted that certain medicines do not work. And David Colquhoun explains that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are at fault for failing to correct the misinformation that these medicines claim to cure:
I’ve wasted my money on some of these products, and I firmly blame the MHRA for failing to inform me on the lack of evidence on the efficacy of these products. All products on sale in the UK must have claims on efficacy investigated and confirmed. Otherwise how am I, a mere member of the public, to know which products work and which do not? MHRA are rubbish if they cannot perform this basic task.
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
Quackometer article on the money-wasting, money-grabbing, bullshit-dispensing and witchcraft-thinking organisations in London:
The guilty:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
Science-Based Medicine describes the failure of acupuncture to evidence its claims of efficacy and that, despite this failure, acupuncture is increasingly popular with the general population, seduced by its apparent plausibility and its apparent antiquity.
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
There comes a time when it’s clear that only the delusional or the deceitful claim evidence for their case when, in reality, said evidence indicates the opposite. Homeopaths and proponents of homeopathy have exhibited such delusional/deceitful behaviours regularly. The Quackometer and Zeno’s Blog describe the most recent of these behaviours:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
So funny! Homeopathy is demonstrably bunk, nothing more than a placebo. As soon as this snake-oil disappears the better.
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
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
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
From Quackometer, the strange actions of Dr Stephen Hopwood:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
Great article by Steven Novella on the weaknesses and misunderstandings of “Traditional Chinese Medicine”:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012