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The Debate at Guy’s Hospital

DEBATE AT GUY’S HOSPITAL Tues 29/4/09 Motion: ‘This house believes that complementary and alternative therapies do more harm than good.’ Before the debate              After the debate FOR:                       27                           36 AGAINST:                116                        109 ABSTENTIONS:        18                           11 The debate was […]

By |2009-04-29T18:19:48+01:00April 29th, 2009|Homeopathy|2 Comments

That letter of the Disciples of Scientism

Dr. David Colquhoun writes about me and that UCL debate in his rather sneering blog in which he accuses anyone using alternative medicine of lying to their patients. This is a blatant and untrue insult which he arrives at via an illogical and irrational cascade of argument. Suffice to say that I've yet to meet [...]

By |2008-11-09T18:53:47+00:00November 9th, 2008|Current Affairs, Homeopathy|Comments Off on That letter of the Disciples of Scientism

That debate at UCL

This House would no longer make homeopathic treatment available on the NHS: For: 65 Against: 53 In abstention: 37 The motion was therefore carried. You can see Prof. Colquhoun's comments and hopefully my reply on the UCL debate website. No count (as is done by Intelligence Squared debates) was taken before the debate but clearly [...]

By |2008-10-31T20:19:29+00:00October 31st, 2008|Homeopathy|2 Comments

Medical Debate Tonight

Tonight (June 26, ailment 2008) there will be a debate on the ‘Best of Medicine’ at the Welcome Collection. Homeopathy, pharm initially nominated for the ‘Worst of Medicine’ debate scheduled for 17th July has been nominated for tonight’s debate and Dr Sara Eames of the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital will speak in favour. Should be [...]

By |2008-06-26T09:21:00+01:00June 26th, 2008|Health, Homeopathy|Comments Off on Medical Debate Tonight