Spare a thought for the 130+ individuals who lost their sense of smell after taking various zinc-containing Zicam intranasal products. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned users to stop using said cold remedies, and advised its manufacturer – Matrixx Initiatives – that these …
According to Professor David Colquhoun, yes, it is. You must read his letter to the British Medical Journal regarding the MHRA’s decision to register Nelsons Arnicare Arnica 30c homeopathic pillules as treatment for sprains and bruises: […] MHRA label seems to be illegal The strap …
News that the NHS will offer acupuncture to back pain sufferers has delighted some. For a start, as the Guardian reports, the condition costs the UK over £5.1bn annually and leads to 5m lost working days. It affects, we are told, “one in three adults …
Dr. Shaun Holt … because they’ve got no idea. According to a survey by researchers Shaun Holt and Andrew Gilbey in the latest edition of the New Zealand Medical Journal, that is. Dr. Holt reports in a press release: 92% of users of homeopathic remedies …
The trial of a couple accused of the manslaughter of their daughter by gross criminal negligence continues before an Australian court. Homeopath Thomas Sam, 42, and his 36-year-old wife Manju have pleaded not guilty to the death of Gloria Thomas, their 9-month-old daughter. According to …
In a comment on my previous post, a Holocaust denier and 9/11 “Truther” with the alias Norman Bates linked to a website bearing one of the most acrid pieces of counterknowledge I’ve seen for a while: incestuous rapist and murderer Josef Fritzl is Jewish. On …
You see, you create your own reality, but reality also creates you, via a vacuum that, unlike other vacuums, is “crystalline”. Well done to Echan Deravy and his flagging Earth Pilgrims project for uncovering this genius. If you're new here, you may want to subscribe …
Counterknowledge.com was out of action for a day or two earlier this week. Sorry about that. But here’s a lovely e-mail from a reader to welcome you all back. Hi Guys Glad to see you hadn’t disappeared for good! I was worried the ‘Counterknowledge Deniers’ had …
Take a look at these two statues, both from the ancient Olmec civilisation of Central America. One looks negroid, the other a bit Chinese. Plenty of other Olmec statues look as if they depict people from other parts of the world because these …
Jerome Burne is the health journalist who co-wrote ex-Professor Patrick Holford’s Food is Better Medicine than Drugs. He’s a controversial figure in his own right, and if you read this magnificent fisking of his recent Daily Mail article on chicken pox vaccines you’ll understand why. …