Homeopathy in Healthcare: Judging a book by its cover

They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but sometimes you can do so and be fairly sure you’re getting the right picture. A new book is about to be published with the title Homeopathy in Healthcare: Effectiveness, Appropriateness, Safety, Costs. From the title alone it’s hard to say whether it’s a load [...]

December 5, 2011   Tags: homeopathy  No Comments

The homeopathy ‘race’ issue

There’s a small amount of excitement in the Twitterverse today, because a ridiculous idea was put forward by a homeopath for circumventing the censuring of the Advertising Standards Authority with regard to the bogus claims of effectiveness that such people make in relation to their bogus treatments. I won’t paste the full text here, as [...]

May 12, 2011   Tags: homeopathy  No Comments

Fake homeopathy drugs

In certain parts of the world, people are conned into buying counterfeit homeopathy drugs, with a certain amount of health risk. Of course homoeopathy is a dangerous con in itself, so the irony is enormous. Then again, if you buy fake homeopathy drugs, does that mean they actually work?

October 26, 2010   Tags: homeopathy, science  No Comments