Last night Anita Rani conducted a report on homeopathy for The One Show (link to iPlayer available till 05/04/11 from 1:45). The report was quite damning of the alternative therapy and interviewed Professor Edzard Ernst. The segment received mixed reviews on Twitter. Overall I think it was a fairly decent report undermined by the studio [...]

Regular readers to this blog, hello to you, will remember my post a couple of weeks ago about Pet Plan and their insurance policy that covers alternative medicine. I wrote a letter to Pet Plan asking why they were happy to pay out for treatments that don’t work; you can read this letter here. My [...]

I’ve been busy earning a wage the past few days so apologies for this rant coming a little late. On Tuesday the British Medical Association came out and said that Homeopathy “should be banned from use in the NHS” and that “pharmacists should remove homeopathic remedies from their shelves because this indicated they were medicines”, [...]

So we recently got some kittens, Taz and Pixel are their names, there’s a blog so if you like cute furry things go visit and leave some comments, Susie will be delighted. Although my family has had cats for years it is always exciting getting your own pet for the first time. We have been [...]

Good Monday one and all. Be sure to pass my good Monday wishes on to all who enter your realm of influence this Monday. Many Thanks Moving on it is Homeopathy Awareness Week and regulars to this blog, hello to you, will be familar with my attitude to the witchcraft that is homeopathic medicine. You [...]

The upcoming 10:23 campaign has meant that homeopathy is on most skeptic’s minds. A recent blog post by @endless_psych got me thinking about being open minded and what evidence it would take to convince me that homeopathy had something to it. Aside from the obvious positive randomised, placebo (what’s the fucking difference between a homeopathic sugar [...]

Those of you that know me will know that I am a season ticket holder at Southend United. Many years ago while watching another crap team come to Southend United score a completely undeserved goal (I maybe bias here) in the first ten minutes and then spend the subsequent 90 minutes employing an array of [...]

…literally nothing apart from water, last time I checked all that cures is dehydration. Which is exactly why I am supporting a fantastic new campaign to raise awareness of the reality of homeopathy. They are gathering signatures for a open letter to Boots to ask them to remove homeopathic remedies from their shelves. Homeopathy doesn’t [...]

Saw this on That Mitchell and Webb look last night. Genius.