Letting Off Steam
Deflecting Criticism 2 – Ad Hom Attacks
A favoured tactic of people who are finding the evidence against them a little overwhelming and difficult to refute is ...(read more)
by jaycueaitch
Aggregating the best of the blogs on science and pseudoscience
January 3, 2012
January 1, 2012
Letting Off Steam
2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at ...(read more)
by jaycueaitch
December 31, 2011
Dr Aust's Spleen
(Y)ear-ily quiet
It’s been a considerable while since I posted here (even by my laggard-ly standards), so I thought I would use ...(read more)
by draust
Letting Off Steam
A Fourth Year of Steam
It’s New Year’s Eve and time for my review of the year. As usual, the dominant theme was health quackery ...(read more)
by jaycueaitch
December 27, 2011
Letting Off Steam
Detox Footbaths Make A Comeback
In his book “Bad Science”, Ben Goldacre refers to a ‘detox’ footbath in which you put your feet in a ...(read more)
by jaycueaitch
December 22, 2011
Letting Off Steam
Professional Councils and the Chilling of Dissent
It is hard not to take the verdict of the Health Professions Council’s case against Stuart Jones as a warning ...(read more)
by jaycueaitch
December 21, 2011
Stuff And Nonsense
Dr Sarah Myhill – Yet More Dangerous Advice?
I’ve written about Dr Myhill several times now. Previously, I’ve pointed out various incorrect assertions and unsubstantiated claims relating specifically ...(read more)
by jdc325
December 19, 2011
Stuff And Nonsense
GMC Complaint Regarding Dr Sarah Myhill
Having originally written about Dr Sarah Myhill’s views on vaccination in April last year, detailing some of the most obviously ...(read more)
by jdc325
SciencePunk
Luke Jerram’s glass sculptures of microbes
This weekend I visited the Trauma exhibition at London's GV Art gallery. The pieces all relate in ...(read more)
by SciencePunk
December 5, 2011
Stuff And Nonsense
Daily Mail Health Articles
The Daily Mail is known to some as The People’s Medical Journal for its love of health stories. Particularly health ...(read more)
by jdc325
Wellington Grey About Life
Life Insurance Australia
Setting forth to compare life insurance, there are a number of indemnity options available. Life insurance Australia shoppers should look ...(read more)
by admin
Away From The Bench
Life Insurance & Science
Science plays an interesting role in the world of life insurance, both for insurance companies and potential clients. Due to ...(read more)
by admin
December 4, 2011
Thinking Is Dangerous
What would you do if you were a celebrity Burzynski supporter?
Firstly, a quick redux.Stanislaw Burzynski runs a clinic in the US which claims to be able to cure people of ...(read more)
by Dr* T
November 28, 2011
Letting Off Steam
Deflecting Criticism 1 – Legal Threats
So you’ve got some sweet deal going – might be alternative medicine, might be hi-fi tweaks. Whatever it is, some ...(read more)
by jaycueaitch
November 26, 2011
Letting Off Steam
The GMC Owes Stuart Jones An Apology
If anyone ever wondered why ‘Jonas’ chose to make his complaint about Dr. Sarah Myhill to the GMC ‘anonymously’, then ...(read more)
by jaycueaitch
November 24, 2011
Stuff And Nonsense
Burzynski Clinic Threatens Blogger
Someone acting for the Burzynski Clinic, Burzynski Research Institute, and Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, has written to Le Canard Noir of ...(read more)
by jdc325
November 22, 2011
Letting Off Steam
Reprisal
There has been a complaint made about one Stuart Jones to the Health Professions Council alleging that he “Made disparaging ...(read more)
by jaycueaitch
November 20, 2011
SciencePunk
The Information Diet – five ways to improve your data consumption
Last week I had a visit from a friend of mine, who was on something of a farewell tour. After ...(read more)
by SciencePunk
November 16, 2011
Thinking Is Dangerous
Bureau of Investigative Journalism – New ideas, old habits?
This post is a venture away from the usual (and more recently intermittent) blogposts about dodgy quacks, silly products and ...(read more)
by Dr* T
November 15, 2011
Letting Off Steam
Daily Mail Versus the HPV Vaccine – Again
The Daily Mail appears to be attempting to undermine the HPV vaccine program by means of an anecdote and the ...(read more)
by jaycueaitch
Stuff And Nonsense
Daily Mail On HPV Vaccine
The Daily Mail have published an article about the HPV vaccine. You won’t be surprised to learn that the tone ...(read more)
by jdc325
November 13, 2011
Letting Off Steam
The Abuses of Chelation Therapy
Chelation therapy is a method of ridding the body of toxic elements such as lead and mercury. It is a ...(read more)
by jaycueaitch
Stuff And Nonsense
Wakefield and MMR: New Revelations
A guest blog post from a UK Doctor New revelations and implications about Andrew Wakefield’s research work. For anyone who ...(read more)
by jdc325
November 12, 2011
Pyjamas in Bananas
Score one for Sertraline
On the basis of some accumulating evidence of dose dependent QT prolongation with citalopram the manufacturer Lundbeck has issued new guidance on ...(read more)
by pj
Letting Off Steam
Hair Analysis & Metal Poisoning
In my last post I discussed the CAM contention that metal poisoning is common and the scientific inaccuracies peddled, such ...(read more)
by jaycueaitch
November 9, 2011
SciencePunk
Falling Walls: Modern chemistry turns lead into gold
Today I'll be writing a series of blogposts from the Falling Walls conference in Berlin. Each speaker is invited to ...(read more)
by SciencePunk
SciencePunk
Falling Walls: Making a Fine Mess of Things
Today I'll be writing a series of blogposts from the Falling Walls conference in Berlin. Each speaker is invited ...(read more)
by SciencePunk
consider, evaluate, act
Campaigners to tell Parliament “Now is the time to reform our libel law” as further evidence of the law’s chilling effect emerges
Campaigners seeking to refine the Government's Defamation Bill will tell MPs and Peers why English and Welsh libel laws are ...(read more)
by teekblog
SciencePunk
Falling Walls: Storing the Sun on Earth
Today I'll be writing a series of blogposts from the Falling Walls conference in Berlin. Each speaker is invited ...(read more)
by SciencePunk
SciencePunk
Falling Walls: New war and the need for a global emergency services
Today I'll be writing a series of blogposts from the Falling Walls conference in Berlin. Each speaker is invited ...(read more)
by SciencePunk