Advice column for pet owners can’t leave out the woo.

By , on 31 May, 2011
skeptical-dog

Being an Ann Arbor resident I regularly visit the Ann Arbor.com news website to keep up with what’s happening locally. Generally it’s a pretty decent news source, but I’ve found myself stunned on two different occasions by the advice column for pets because it contained references to “alt-med” woo-woo nonsense that’s usually associated with humans. . . . → Read More: Advice column for pet owners can’t leave out the woo.

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hCG spammers descend on SEB in less than 24 hours.

By , on 26 January, 2011
Pic of homeopathy poster.

It's an obvious implication of the theory, but no one mentions it.

As if to drive home the point of how profitable the hCG diet supplement scam is, it took less than 24 hours from the time that I posted that entry to the arrival of a spammer trying to submit entries promoting that . . . → Read More: hCG spammers descend on SEB in less than 24 hours.

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[SEB Guest Post] Historical WooWoo Next Door

By , on 20 January, 2011
Homeopathy demotavational poster.

That'll be $150, kthxbai!

I came across the following entry on my home town’s list of historical sites for Allentown, PA:

Homeopathic Healing Art Plaque

31 S. Penn Street

The Homeopathic Healing Art Plaque is a bronze plaque on a rock that marks the location of the world’s first medical college exclusively devoted to the . . . → Read More: [SEB Guest Post] Historical WooWoo Next Door

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Dara O’Briain on Homeopathy versus Real Science.

By , on 15 July, 2010

I came across this clip on YouTube again recently and I thought I had shared it here on the blog previously, but checking the archives seems to indicate that I have not. It’s a short clip from a comedy special by Irish comedian Dara O’Briain and it pretty much says would I would say if . . . → Read More: Dara O’Briain on Homeopathy versus Real Science.

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Good news in the U.K. as doctors vote to drop homeopathy funding from the NHS.

By , on 1 July, 2010

The advocates of woo-woo in the U.K. have had a bit of a setback:

In all the furore over cuts to the NHS, doctors have voted to stop one service all by themselves – and unlike what is expected to follow, this is something we should all celebrate. The British Medical Association (BMA) has voted . . . → Read More: Good news in the U.K. as doctors vote to drop homeopathy funding from the NHS.

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What if homeopathic medicine were the standard at a hospital?

By , on 4 July, 2009

It might look a little bit like this:

I dunno, but I think I’ll stick with the old-fashioned hospitals were they use real medicine.

Found via Bad Astronomy who notes that sometimes simple mockery makes the strongest point.

Update: Apparently That Mitchell and Webb Look is a series that takes on all sorts of topics . . . → Read More: What if homeopathic medicine were the standard at a hospital?

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