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 …
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. …
Oh dear. Liz Jones is at it again. The self described “super bright” woman whose chief journalistic output for the last few years has been moaning about her pointless relationship with the obnoxious Nirpal Dhaliwal has found a new subject to entertain her public: the …
One of AMI's more subtle ads The ads exhort readers to face up to their crippling erectile dysfunction issues, restore their confidence, and take charge of their lives. Or put more simply: “Bonk Longer”. But this isn’t just standard-issue inbox spam. Instead the ads are …
A worrying trend in the NHS at the moment is to offer “catch-all therapies” that claim to help with numerous different ailments. One such therapy that is gaining momentum within several Primary Care Trusts is Human Givens Therapy. It is also endorsed by the usually …
“Women’s orgasm frequency increases with the income of their partner,” according to Dr Thomas Pollet, a psychologist from Newcastle University who was quoted in a Sunday Times story on January 18. Dr Pollet and his co-author Professor Daniel Nettle had a look at data from the …