Homeopathy
NHS HOMEOPATHY: The Aftermath and the Whingeing
Critics of NHS homeopathy are livid about the Government’s decision to back NHS homeopathy and will probably regroup and attack again. They cannot understand how democracy has trumped their scientism but democracy is democracy. Read more »
It’s Official! British Government backs NHS Homeopathy
Government officially backs the provision of NHS homeopathy Read more »
I Salute Dr James Le Fanu
In today’s Daily Telegraph, in his Doctor’s Diary, Dr James Le Fanu expresses suspicion of the motives of homeopathy’s vociferous detractors in the United Kingdom.
In a few simple sentences he exposes the tirade against NHS homeopathy as being disingenuous and certainly not in the interests of the people of this country.
I salute this brave doctor/journalist [...] Read more »
Baum, Ernst, me and the American Journal of Medicine
Post about a correspondence between me, Ernst and Baum about an article, highly critical of homeopathy and including a misleading reference to me, published in the American Journal of Medicine. Read more »
The Pie Man is Corrected!
According to the BMJ’s Clinical Evidence, the proportion of medical interventions that are evidence-based has fallen from 13% to 11% while those of ‘Unknown Benefit’ have increased from 4 Read more »
“Homeopathy is Witchcraft.” Should Homeopaths now be burnt at the stake?
Inane attacks on homeopathy deserve provocative ripostes. The attack on homeopathy is an insult to democracy and liberty. Read more »
Vodcast: What exactly is Homeopathy?
This Sunday at 10am I’ll be giving a lecture called Defending Homeopathy in the 21st Century for the Homeopathic Medical Association. There is no doubt that homeopathy needs defending in the UK at the moment as the attacks on it, while lacking innovation, have been relentless and vicious with little space granted to us in [...] Read more »
Vodcast: Homeopathy Defended
This Vodcast is unedited because I consider edited vodcasts to be slightly less than authentic.
See “Why that parliamentary report was disingenuous” for related content. Read more »
Why that parliamentary report was disingenuous
I have gone on record as saying two things about the Science and Technology Committee’s report on Homeopathy:
It is one of the least impressive documents to emerge from the House of Commons for some time.
It is in at least one part deeply disingenuous.
Yes, yes I know you want evidence. Well my first comment is subjective [...] Read more »
Science Committee ignores Health Minister’s advice
I guess it was predictable. Despite the strong words of Health Minister, Mike O’Brien in favour of liberty and democracy, the crew of MPs on the Science and Technology Committee announced this morning that “the NHS should cease funding homeopathy. It also concludes that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) should not [...] Read more »
