Is homeopathy effective for allergic rhinitis? Mathie et al think so; I disagree

As the data suggesting that homeopathy is effective for improving health is – to put it mildly – less than convincing, a frantic search is currently on amongst homeopaths and their followers to identify a specific condition for which the evidence is stronger than for all conditions pooled into one big analysis. If they could show that it works for just […]

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(Canadian) quacks advertise lies

Yes, to a large extend, quacks make a living by advertising lies. A paper just published confirms our worst fears.

This survey was aimed at identifying the frequency and qualitative characteristics of marketing claims made by Canadian chiropractors, naturopaths, homeopaths and acupuncturists relating to the diagnosis and treatment of allergy and asthma.

A total of 392 chiropractic, naturopathic, homeopathic and acupuncture clinic...

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Acupuncture for allergic rhinitis: a case of scientific misconduct? | Edzard Ernst

Yesterday, I wrote about a new acupuncture trial. Amongst other things, I wanted to find out whether the author who had previously insisted I answer his questions about my view on the new NICE guideline would himself answer a few questions when asked politely. To remind you, this is what I wrote: This new study was […]

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Acupuncture for allergic rhinitis? A new study and plenty of old questions | Edzard Ernst

While looking up an acupuncturist who has recently commented on this blog trying to teach me how to do science and understand research methodology, I was impressed that he, Dr John McDonald, PhD, has just published a clinical trial. Not many acupuncturists do that, you know, and I very much applaud this action, which even seems to have […]

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“Dr” Alan Hunter and the bogus food allergy cure

There is a blustering, narcissistic fuckwit currently trying to impress or intimidate (nobody is quite sure which) the team over at WWDDTYDTY. His legal name is apparently Alan Hunter, although he has been observed clumsily sockpuppeting under the sobriquet of “Dave Warren”. Alan Hunter describes himself as an award-winning author. He is not to be confused with the much-loved author of the George Gently books, who died in 2005. This Alan Hunter committed the following piece of WTFometer-worthy pseudoscientific egowank, from the Allergy International webshite:

THE BOOK THE HEALTH WORLD HAS BEEN WAITING ON ! The SOLUTION to the world-wide phenomenon of food/chemical allergy (or intolerance) has been found! In Curing Food Allergies and Common Illnesses, award-winning food intolerance writer and researcher Alan Hunter has reached the end of a 30 year search for the actual solution to the disorder. Food “allergy” or intolerance experts, writes Dr. Hunter, are simply …

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