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
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:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
Need to keep an eye on this, Burzynski is being sued by en elderly patient:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
Further detailed information on the Burzynski Clinic and the treatments that they offer:
Other previous articles from myself:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011
No one wants to admit that they’re wrong. Pointing them to well researched articles, exposing flaws in their logic and their decisions should make a reasonable person change their mind. But this isn’t the case most of the time. Instead, people believe that they’re under attack and become more firmly entrenched in their positions. I suspect a lot of people, consciously or unconsciously, know that they’re wrong but will grasp at anything, however nonsensical, to support their views. People who write newspaper articles are no different
Quackometer has posted an article today that describes how The Observer has responded to the concerns raised on the newspaper’s support for the Burzynski Clinic. It would appear that The Observer has fallen in the above trap; it has failed to address the concerns raised and has, instead, gone on the offensive in attacking the reasonable such as blogger Rhys Morgan. This would indicate that there is something far wider amiss in the way that The Observer tries to exert its power and influence. I strongly suggest that you read the Quackometer article.
There are two things I would like re-iterate in line with what I’ve previously written. Firstly, those who are considering procuring treatments from the Burzynski Clinic should go into this with their eyes open; be honest with yourself. Secondly, the disgraceful behaviour of the Burzynski Clinic still needs to be addressed. It is my hope that all the recent publicity will fully expose the clinic’s behaviour to the world, but this will not be easy with unreasonable and sycophantic articles such as those from The Observer.
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011
Just go there and read the tale of Rhys Morgan:
And here is Morgan’s blog:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011
Further to my own article on the threats being issued by the Burzynski Clinic, there is an article from DC’s Improbable Science:
Update 29 Nov 2011: More related posts:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011
Oh dear. The Burzynski Clinic is upset.
For what it’s worth, Quackometer is on the frontline in the fight against quackery. Quackometer has raised justifiable concerns on the Burzynski Clinic and these need to be responded to in an objective manner with evidence to support claims on efficacy, etc. The Burzynski Clinic’s responses to date are, in my opinion, not those of a reasonable and professional institution and just raises further questions.
Update 29 Nov 2011: More related posts:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011
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
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
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
And some related and interesting here’s stuff from elsewhere that I’m also catching up with:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011
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.
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