Limits on electromagnetic radiation emissions by power stations in Argentina do not respect the precautionary principle. Continue reading
Tag Archives: medical superstition
Argentine Locals Want Power Transformers Out of Neighborhoods
Posted in EMF, Precautionary principle
Tagged anti development, irrational fears, medical superstition
Dean Burnett: My antidote to celebrities who promote homeopathy
Celebrity endorsements for everything from homeopathy to Power Balance wrist bands are a depressingly effective substitute for scientific evidence. So if you can’t beat them, why not join them? Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Med.
Tagged homeopathy, medical superstition, superstitious nonsense
Women at risk: Health problems linked to environmental estrogens
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc, the post hoc fallacy: Continue reading
Posted in Chemophobia, Endocrine disrupt.
Tagged irrational fears, medical superstition
Ian Musgrave: Missing the Point About Evidence Based Medicine (teaching and doing)
Memo to CAM enthusiasts, try not to shoot yourself in the foot publicly next time. Continue reading
Attack on complementary medicine ‘undermines safety’
Nonsense. Quackery should always be called what it is. Leave witch doctors treating witches but have a no-tolerance policy for treating humans. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Med., Education
Tagged medical superstition, quackery, sorcery, voodoo
Complementary vs western medicine – both have a role in universities
Oh dear. What else should we offer? A short course in voodoo, perhaps, with a prerequisite of bone-pointing? Continue reading
Alternative medicines can’t escape the long arm of the law
Practitioners of alternative medicine who do not abide by the rules of evidence-based practice may fall foul of the law Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Med.
Tagged homeopathy, medical superstition, quackery, witch doctors
Nicoli Nattrass: Guerilla enlightenment: Defending science online
Pro-reason bloggers are doing a better job than scientists at challenging alternative medicine. Long may it continue Continue reading
