Acupuncture research: where is the line between poor quality and scientific...
The press officers of journals like to send out press-releases of articles which are deemed to be particularly good and important. Sadly, it is not often that articles on alternative medicine fulfil...
View ArticleDr Nicholas Gonzalez has died. Was he really a “a strong adherent to sound...
NATURAL NEWS announced the death of Nicholas Gonzalez with the following words: It is with great sadness that we report the death of health freedom advocate and individualized nutrition specialist Dr....
View ArticleSome alternative medicine journals should be de-listed
For ‘my’ journal FACT, I review all the new articles that have emerged on the subject of alternative medicine on a monthly basis. Here are a few impressions and concerns that this activity have...
View ArticleIn my view, this piece of acupuncture ‘research’ constitutes scientific...
When I come across a study with the aim to “examine the effectiveness of acupuncture to relieve symptoms commonly observed in patients in a hospice program” my hopes are high. When I then see that its...
View ArticleHomeopathy: no sense, no science and no ethics
Conventional cough syrups do not have the best of reputations – but the repute of homeopathic cough syrups is certainly not encouraging. So what should one do with such a preparation? Forget about it?...
View ArticleHow much of alt med research is unethical?
Medical ethics comprise a set of rules and principles which are essential for all aspects of medicine, including of course research. The main issues are: Respect for autonomy – patients must have the...
View ArticleAcupuncture risks: white-wash or denial?
On this blog, we have repeatedly discussed the risks of acupuncture. Contrary to what we often hear, there clearly is potential for harm. Acupuncture is, of course most popular in China where it has...
View ArticleChiropractic: beware the promotion masquerading as research
If you start reading the literature on chiropractic, you are bound to have surprises. The paucity of rigorous and meaningful research is one of them. I am constantly on the look-out for such papers but...
View ArticleHomeopathy – where the truths are diluted even more than the remedies
Recently an interesting article caught my eye. It was published in the official journal of the ‘Deutscher Zentralverein Homoeopathischer Aerzte’ (the professional body of German doctor homeopath which...
View ArticleHomeopathy in Bristol: from bad to dismal
On the website of the Bristol University Hospital, it was just revealed that UK homeopathy seems to have suffered another blow: “Homeopathic medicine has been available in Bristol since 1852, when Dr...
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