Homeopath says to treat a burn… burn it some more
A homeopath claims to have been taught at a homeopathy course that burns should be treated by burning them further. Y’know: like cures like and all that. Reading the homeopath’s description, it’s...
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Homeopathy in NZ pharmacies revisited: Wartoff and more
It’s a while since I’ve put homeopathy in my sights.[1] Most of what I’ve written in the past have been general observations. Let’s look at an actual product I’ve seen sitting on the shelves in a New...
View ArticleSunday shorts, 1st April 2012. Awards, bullet-proof hard drives and more.
(Sorry, no April Fool’s joke here.) Congratulations to Zoe Hilton for her Unesco-L’Oreal International Fellowship who ’won one of three fellowships awarded to young women in the Asia Pacific region’....
View ArticleHomeopathy and farming; let’s do better, media
Today Stuff published a Fairfax NZ News article titled, Homeopathy key for dairy farming couple. Unsurprisingly this has been spread to other sites, including pro-homeopathy sites. Unlike many (most?)...
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Homeopathy Awareness Week: how do you approve a course for something known...
Homeopathy[1] uses solutions diluted until the active ingredients are no longer present—water basically[2]—to treat illnesses.[3] The premise of homeopathy is so absurd, it opens itself to parody.[4]...
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New Zealand political spokesperson for GE and more endorses homeopathy for Ebola
(Opinion on one of stupider things I’ve seen endorsed by a politician in a while and it’s relation to other science-based policy, including genetic engineering.) Green Party MP Steffan Browning has...
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Supporting homeopathy for Ebola loses natural health brief but more needed
In a step in the right direction for evidence-based policy, Green Party member of parliament Steffan Browning has been stripped of his natural health portfolio by his party’s caucus but more is needed....
View ArticleHomeopath, Ebola and New Zealand – a follow-up
About three weeks ago I wrote in a comment following a post about a New Zealand member of Parliament supporting homeopathy to treat Ebola: Also, it would be interesting to see if governments...
View ArticleCalls to remove homeopathic remedies from pharmacies
Or: Homeopathic remedies in NZ pharmacies redux A little over five years ago I wrote suggesting New Zealand pharmacies should not be selling homeopathic remedies. Over the past few days there have been...
View ArticlePress Council rules on knowing readers minds?
Today the New Zealand Press Council released it’s rulings on complaints filed by Mark Hanna and the Science Media Centre about an article on homeopathy in the Wairarapa Times-Age. Mark and Peter have...
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