Homeopathy kills

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Jan 052011
 

It still amazes me that the sham called “homeopathy” has any foothold in the medical market. Homeopathy has been shown to be bullshit, being nothing more than a placebo. Homeopathy “treatments” can stop or delay people from seeking real treatment, see What’s The Harm. Homeopathy endorsements from oafs such as Prince Charles contribute to the bullshit and the harm. And not just the harm from a physical perspective, but harm from an intellect perspective where it is insidious in its ability to destroy critical thinking.

Here’s another post from Quackometer regarding the rather disgraceful privileged position of homeopathy in the UK and the BBC’s recent Newsnight programme:

Remember, homeopathy kills.

Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011

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Delusions of Prince Charles

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Dec 212010
 

Quackometer has posted an article that, once again, highlights the ineptitude and meddling of Prince Charles.

This is a damning indictment of Charles; his capacity to understand, his actions and the harm that can be caused.

I have already explained in a previous article that Charles is a victim of the system that this country has created. But it seems, to me at least, that Charles is beyond redemption and rehabilitation as he refuses to accept the evidence presented to him. His actions are those of the delusional. Charles’s belief-systems are untenable for anyone acting with rationality; he almost seems to take delight in his position. Perhaps that is all that is left in his life.

Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010

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College of Medicine

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Oct 292010
 

DC’s Improbable Science provides an update on the so-called “College of Medicine”:

I share DC’s despair; the “College of Medicine” is really nothing more than a reincarnation of the decrepitude and morally bankrupt Prince of Wales’ Foundation for Integrated Health. I originally called the “College of Medicine” the “College of Un-medicine”. DC goes further and believes that "Antiscientific Council" would be a more apt description.

There is an established self-correcting process called the “scientific method” which helps us to determine what is medicine and what is bullshit. Ben Goldacre’s book “Bad Science” cuts through all the nonsense and gets straight to the point; the need for proper scientific trials. And by proper, this means: large scale, randomised, double-blinded, controlled, peer-reviewed and repeatable (using a systematic approach undertaken by the excellent and valuable Cochrane Collaboration).

Those that do not correctly follow the scientific approach and who try to foster us with unproven or demonstrably non-efficacious medical treatments are liable to be called quacks. At best.

duck

Here’s a very short BBC Radio 4 audio of Ben Goldacre explaining the creation of the Cochrane Collaboration:

Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010

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Prince Charles and the “College of Medicine”

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Aug 032010
 

Oh dear. Looks like more nonsense from Prince Charles’s associates.

Read it, and despair. Perhaps it should have been called the College of Un-medicine!

Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010

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Royal firm’s adverts ‘misleading’

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Mar 212009
 

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 certain products. But at least the MHRA announcement, and the BBC’s reporting of it, will reach a wider audience and act as a warning to those that may otherwise have fallen victim for the disingenuous antics of Prince Charles’s company and other promoters of quackery and pseudoscience.

It’s a pity that the BBC didn’t mention the good work done by The Quackometer, DC’s Improbable Science, and other websites.

Further background information is here:

  1. http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/03/duchy-originals-pork-pies.html
  2. http://dcscience.net/?p=920
  3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7934568.stm
  4. http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2009/03/11/277.html

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Prince Charles, quack, quack, quack! Boo, boo, boo!

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Mar 112009
 

I read some of the same newspaper articles this morning as blogged by The Quackometer. One of the many, many, reasons that the British monarchy, an anachronism in a modern democracy, needs to be abolished.

 

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What?! Natural History Museum and pseudo-science!

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Feb 192008
 

Just had a shock! From DC’s Improbable Science article on “Quackademics in USA and Canada” I found out that the Natural History Museum in London promotes the pseudo-science and quackery of homeopathy. It’s bad enough with blithering Prince Charles et al doing the wacky talk, but to have an esteemed science institution doing the same is something that is hard to take! NHM, why oh why? And it also seems that the same homeopathic “practitioner” is also working with the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, London. I don’t have the Kew details but it makes me shudder!leaf

In previous articles I expressed a desire for critical thinking and the use of the scientific process (ie common sense!) to lead us to the truth. Have the NHM forgotten what true science is? Or are they just pandering (ie for money!) to the masses who blindly accept homeopathy despite all the real scientific evidence that indicate the falsity of homeopathy?

I’m going to think twice about providing monetary donations to the NHM when I next make my visit there as I do not want my money squandered on what has repeatedly been shown to be a lie. And that, my friends, hurts me the most as the NHM has provided me with good memories over the years. Somehow we must push back the ignorance that is being foistered on us all. I can’t believe that I’m going to quote Carl Sagan again so soon after my previous article but I feel compelled to do so:

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. – Carl Sagan

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. – Carl Sagan

I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true. – Carl Sagan

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