Its, safe, natural and side effect free. That's because it is just water. Homeopathy is based on the "law of similars" which is "like cures like". So if you're sick, you take what would cause those symptoms and it cures it? Not quite; you have to dilute it. You take a glass of water and [...]
Homeopathy Rewritten
| September 2nd, 2010BCA drop libel case against Simon Singh
| April 16th, 2010The British Chiropractic Assosiation (BCA) had dropped the liable case against Simon Singh. If you don't know what I'm talking about, read here.. Simon Singh has spent over 200,000 pounds (over $307,800 US) defending himself. The case has been going on for two years. "It still staggers me that the British Chiropractic Association and half [...]
It’s time for a good old fashioned rant: What about big [insert large alt-med industry here]
| March 20th, 2010Anti-science, anti-real lifesaving medicine conspiracy theorists like to use the phrase "big pharma" to refer to the pharmaceutical industry. They love to talk about how its all a big conspiracy, how "big pharma" is trying to keep alternative "medicines" out of peer reviewed journals and trying to suppress it because they can't make money off [...]
1 in 4 chiropractors in Britain are now under investigation for false advertising
| March 2nd, 2010Furious backlash from Simon Singh libel case puts chiropractors on ropes A staggering one in four chiropractors in Britain are now under investigation for allegedly making misleading claims in advertisements, according to figures from the General Chiropractic Council. The council, which is responsible for regulating the profession and has 2,400 chiropractors on its books, informs [...]
He is indeed offensive
| February 5th, 2010This is a show from Canada called Dragon’s Den. Entrepreneurs pitching their ideas to a panel of business experts for an investment. This guy comes on the show to pitch his magic cure all water. I'd say he got the tongue lashing he deserved but he deserved allot more. Found at Bad Astronomy Blog
Its time for a good old fashioned rant: Conspiracy theories
| February 4th, 2010Yes, I am starting a new series and the name is pretty much self explanatory. What do you do when you have an idea but all the evidence is against your idea? Well what you don't do is claim its all a conspiracy. If you get deep enough into any pseudoscience, even the most rational [...]
Anti-vaccers potentially poisoning their children with untested “supplement”
| January 18th, 2010An industrial chemical developed to help separate heavy metals from polluted soil and mining drainage is being sold as a dietary supplement by a luminary in the world of alternative autism treatments. Called OSR#1, the supplement is described on its Web site as an antioxidant not meant to treat any disease. But the site lists [...]
Why do people demonize what has given them so much?
| May 14th, 2008Ben Stein said in a resent interview that is was scientists sending people to the gas chamber in the holocaust[1] and in his movie Expelled he says science (specifically the Theory of Evolution) leads to atheism and genocide. Anti vaccinations nuts claim the vaccines lead to Autism despite an overwhelming amount of evidence that says [...]
Woman dies cause of herbal medicine
| April 26th, 2008Is alternative medicine just a load of hocus pocus? The recent death of a student using Chinese herbal medicine has reignited controversy over alternative therapies. With little regulation and scant evidence of effectiveness, are users risking their health? Ling Wang, a 25-year-old PhD student, died after taking Chinese herbal medicine to treat a stomach upset [...]
Hey look its Papa Smurf
| December 23rd, 2007This man took an "alternative medicine" called Colloidal Silver and it turned him blue. The people promoting this "medicine" claim it can cure anything (you know, the basic "alternative medicine" claims), of course its all bull shit. While I am not aware of any dangers in taking this (except maybe passable kindly damage and of [...]






