UK government agency MHRA fails the public

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Nov 202012
 

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.

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London, the centre for bullshit medicine. Really.

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Jun 102012
 

Quackometer article on the money-wasting, money-grabbing, bullshit-dispensing and witchcraft-thinking organisations in London:

The guilty:

  1. University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  2. The Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine (built on the remains of the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital)

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The red flags of quackery

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May 212012
 

Dr Steven Novella describes how to spot quackery:

Excellent stuff. Add this to your toolkit alongside Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit.

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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:

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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.

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Quack Totnes Cancer Conference Ends in Farce

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Mar 312012
 

From Quackometer, the strange actions of Dr Stephen Hopwood:

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Burzynski and Yes to Life charity in trouble

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Jan 252012
 

All this recent exposure of the controversy surrounding the Burzynski Clinic has exposed the Yes to Life charity to scrutiny and, especially, the charity’s funding from benefit concerts.

As always, Quackometer has a blog on this:

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Burzynski in Court for negligence, negligent misrepresentation, fraud, deceptive trade and conspiracy

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Jan 202012
 

Need to keep an eye on this, Burzynski is being sued by en elderly patient:

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The fight against woo – a good start to the year

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Jan 012012
 

DC’s Improbable Science has posted a summary of the fiver-year battle against the nonsense that UK universities have taught. It’s encouraging:

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Burzynski Clinic treatments

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Dec 052011
 

Further detailed information on the Burzynski Clinic and the treatments that they offer:

Other previous articles from myself:

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