Edzard Ernst

The Storm That Destroyed The Library At UWA – 22nd March 2010

by podblack on March 22, 2010

This pretty much sums up the scene around here. Actually, to REALLY set the scene for you in terms of what this storm has done in about four hours? I usually go to this (EDFAA) library at UWA. Photo is by Laura, fellow educator and works at the uni. This is the lower floors of [...]

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Ben Goldacre And More Giving Evidence At Parliamentary SciTech

by podblack on December 6, 2009

Parliamentary Science and Technology Select Committee on homeopathy today Here’s a particularly good part (out of eleven!) with Ben Goldacre talking (http://www.parliamentlive.tv/) Ben Goldacre on his blog reports: Personal highlights, from memory, include: Paul Bennett from Boots saying that there is no evidence showing homeopathy pills are effective at treating any conditions, but Boots are [...]

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Complementary And Natural Healthcare Can Just Stick It Where It Don’t Work

by podblack on January 21, 2009

First, check out the news by Edzard Ernst over on the Guardian: “False assurances – The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council’s claims to regulate alternative medicine are misleading and dangerous”: …Is all this then just a farce, a waste of money and a exercise to please Prince Charles? No, I’m afraid it is worse than [...]

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Homeopathy Or Bunk? Ernst And Singh Challenge!

by podblack on June 20, 2008

I hope you’ve read the book ‘Trick or Treatment’ – now you can check out their challenge! First, a great article in the SMH on ‘The Case against Cure Alls’: It is a very timely tome, with the Federal Government considering a toughening of requirements for Australia’s $2 billion complementary medicine industry to disclose the [...]

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