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National Holistic Service
Read more: National Holistic ServiceWhy is a Liverpool hospital offering dubious “holistic treatments”? Fellow blogger Peter M. Heimlich (Atlanta, GA, US) and I have asked UK oversight agency A couple of days ago, I reported an item about how Aintree University Hospitals in Liverpool offers, apparently via the publicly-funded National Health Service, these “holistic treatments” (all links to Quackwatch.com):…
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Crystal Therapy on the NHS
Read more: Crystal Therapy on the NHSUK National Health Service promotes yet more dubious alt-med therapies Via the Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Crystal therapy traditionally involves placing quartz crystals on different parts of the body – often corresponding to a person’s “chakras” – in an attempt to construct an “energy grid,” which is purported to surround the subject with healing energy. …
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Q&A with Peter Tatchell
Read more: Q&A with Peter Tatchell“Free speech is one of the most precious of all human rights” – Renowned human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell answers my questions on racism, transphobia and freedom of speech For over 40 years, British human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has worked tirelessly to advance the causes of freedom, civil rights and social equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender…
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EFT on the NHS
Read more: EFT on the NHSUK National Health Service promotes dubious alternative medicine therapy Via the North Derbyshire Health Psychology Service: Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is the brain child of US author Gary Craig, who despite having no medical credentials claims tapping therapy can be used to heal any and all manner of ailments, including “severe vaginal issues” and even cancer. From the…
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No Room for Debate II
Read more: No Room for Debate IIThis is a sequel to my post yesterday about the Consumer Federation of America’s (CFA) decision to disinvite author of The Big Fat Surprise Nina Teicholz from the 2016 National Food Policy Conference. To recap: one of the panelists, Director of Nutrition Policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), Margo Wootan, said that “concerns…
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No Room for Debate
Read more: No Room for DebateJournalist critical of 2015 United States Dietary Guidelines disinvited from speaking at the 2016 National Food Policy Conference [Updated: Read the UK responses to Bonnie Liebman’s email re: CSPI / Nina Teicholz retraction letter by clicking here] Nina Teicholz, journalist and author of The Big Fat Surprise, has been disinvited from a prestigious Washington, DC food…
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Changesbowie
Read more: ChangesbowieDavid Bowie 1947 – 2016 David Bowie was never much of a singer, at least not in the conventional sense. His shaky timbre, as ripe for parody as Bob Dylan’s nasally whine – whom he imitated as a fledgling folky – nevertheless stood out in the crowded musical marketplace of the late sixties. Armed with little…
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Another Big Fat Surprise
Read more: Another Big Fat SurpriseScientists who called for the retraction of an article by author of The Big Fat Surprise Nina Teicholz take credit for end to low-fat diet A scientific study examining the relationship between dietary fats and coronary heart disease (CHD) that featured in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) in October has been described as a “game…
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