Trick or Treatment

Bloggers Behind Simon Singh – Where The News Is At

by podblack on August 19, 2008

My fellow Translucent Science bloggers, who have long been keeping a keen eye on the Dore developments whilst I’ve been busy travelling for research purposes, have all the buzz for you on what’s going on with the British Chiropractic Association vs Simon Singh. But first – there’s a brand new review out in the Wall [...]

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What Is Feldenkrais Method?

by podblack on April 18, 2008

The method is based on the belief that the body and spirit are fundamentally as one; the founder themselves wrote of their underlying philosophy (Moshe Feeldenkrais): I believe that the unity of mind and body is an objective reality. They are not just parts somehow related to each other, but an inseparable whole while functioning. [...]

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Suckers: How Alternative Medicine Makes Fools of Us All

by podblack on March 2, 2008

I was first introduced to this book thanks to a review in The Times – Suckers: How Alternative Medicine Makes Fools of Us All by Rose Shapiro. The simplest experiment can have the most disturbing result. Type “cure for cancer alternative medicine” into Google and you get 1,900,000 pages. “Cure for cancer chemotherapy” brings up [...]

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