twisting the truth on vaccination
This ‘bad science’ letter popped up in the Waikato Times a couple of days ago. It was actually entitled “Democratic right”… [A previous writer] condoned governmental blackmail in his letter in which he...
View Articlehow homeopathy might (not) work in A&E
From time to time I am happily diverted into watching funny videos. Many of them use that humour to communicate a serious message. Yesterday (egged on by friends Annette & David) I discovered the...
View Articledeconstructing zeolite
Years ago, when my old dog Bella was still alive, I was the happy recipient of several doggy haiku verses. One of them read: The cat is not all bad./She fills the litter box/with tootsie rolls. I was...
View Articleleeches & health – asking some questions
This morning’s Herald ran an article on ‘alternative therapies’ - New Zealanders’ beliefs about their effectiveness, & a Herald reporter’s experience of one such ‘therapy’. (Apparently there will...
View Articleit must be the silly season
… not only do we have at least one homeopath using heat to treat burns (yes, really! That piece of burning stupid – to use an Oracian aphorism – is admirably covered here by Grant), but we also have...
View Articlescientists have cured cancer! – or have they?
The other day my friend Renee sent through this link, & her thoughts. ”This article (& website) set my woo-ometer off big time,” she said. The article’s entitled Scientists cure cancer, but no...
View Articlefluoride-cancer claims exaggerated? it looks that way
My friend & blog-buddy Grant drew my attention to a story about osteosarcoma at stuff.co.nz – and to the comments section, where one commenter raised the issue of a claimed link between this rare...
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weapons-grade foolishness from the ‘food babe’
Today, we move on to just plain, flaming, weapons-grade foolishness. Foolishness that is, unfortunately, spread to a rather wide audience. Vani Hari is the self-described ‘Food Babe’, on a mission to...
View Articleperhaps cancer and cardiovascular disease aren’t such ‘modern’ diseases after...
One of the books I’m currently reading is the excellent The Man Who Touched His Own Heart, by Rob Dunn. It’s a fascinating and beautifully-written narrative of how our understanding of both the heart...
View Article‘slapping therapy’ for diabetes, and a child dies
I've heard it said more than once that complementary & alternative medicine (CAM) 'does no harm' – here's just one example. I suppose that could be true of a healthy person using something like...
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