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By: What a week for alt-med smackdowns | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

What a week for alt-med smackdowns | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:02:28 +0000

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By: Michael Kingsford Gray

Michael Kingsford Gray — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:54:24 +0000

Congratters on the coup…
I have asked her to respond to a few pointed questions.
Let’s see if she is able to respond coherently.

Parasitic genocidal frauds such as this should be in prison.

By: Homeopathy Explained | Health & Fitness Tips

Homeopathy Explained | Health & Fitness Tips — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:49:39 +0000

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By: AndyD

AndyD — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:59:41 +0000

From the final response to the TGA:
Instead it requires reports to “sufficiently demonstrate that UK Homeopathic Practitioners would accept the efficacy of the product for the indications sought”
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Hmmm, I wonder if we should extend similar support to all other industries?
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“Now, Mr Bloggs, can you assure us this empty cardboard box really is a breakthrough in hard drive technology?”
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“Absolutely – but I can’t prove it with actual trials.”
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“Fine, approved for sale. Next!”

By: BastardSheep

BastardSheep — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:41:11 +0000

Should start working on fliers and other such things warning of the danger of homeopathy, snakoil and scams for next years homeopathy awareness week. It’s more that side of things people need to be made aware of.

By: AndyD

AndyD — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:44:42 +0000

Well done.
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Meanwhile, the Victorian government “happily promotes” Homeopathy Awareness Week (albeit not the current one) on it’s Better Health website.

By: zayzayem

zayzayem — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:25:12 +0000

Result.

BTW those recently UK approved homeopathic products has been suggested to be illegal – afterall it lists ingredients that actually no longer exist in the solutions.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/bmj-lff060909.php

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:47:58 +0000

Oh, it's actually linked from her site, below the retraction statement. There are 2 PDFs: Our first response to the TGA Our final response to the TGA Careful, she's a moonbat. You'll want to squeeze puppies and kittens after reading them. I recommend strong drink.