Comments on: A giant leap in logic from a piece of bad science

By: Science-Based Medicine » Plausibility bias? You say that as though that were a bad thing!

Mon, 07 May 2012 06:58:43 +0000

[...] can have biological effects. I’ve looked at many such studies (for instance, this study of homeopathic remedies on human breast cancer cell lines), and quite often what you find is shoddy methodology, effects of solvents and contaminants, and [...]

By: » Homeopathy Plus! jumps a flotilla of sharks

» Homeopathy Plus! jumps a flotilla of sharks — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:58:43 +0000

[...] piece of bad science chock full of dodgy data. So much so that one of the authors left a comment on my blog where I had taken the paper to pieces, dissociating herself from the work saying “…I asked to [...]

By: Melani Gleim

Melani Gleim — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:04:24 +0000

Usefull article do you mind if i translate into Italian for my blogs readers? Thanks

By: Guy Chapman

Guy Chapman — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:57:31 +0000

I’d be interested in seeing the write-up of the proving for this remedy. According to my understanding of homeopathy, the proving involves at least one volunteer taking a dose of the undiluted active principle and exhibiting symptoms of cancer as a result. Their volunteers must be pretty brave.

By: Cloudy, turning to fog later » Unritical admiration 3: Homeopathy cures cancer

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:09:07 +0000

[...] More on this from the Skeptic Book [...]

By: Choupal India » Blog Archive » When homeopaths fight back

Choupal India » Blog Archive » When homeopaths fight back — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:10:26 +0000

[...] on breast cancer cells, the study brought down the righteous wrath (or at least mockery) of Dr. Rachel Dunlop and, of course, yours truly. That’s because this was a study of homeopathy and breast cancer. [...]

By: Does this count as a reply? « Anomalous Distraction

Does this count as a reply? « Anomalous Distraction — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:57:59 +0000

[...] Does this count as a reply? A reply by proxy… I think. Dr Rachie has pointed me at this page on Interhomeopathy.org where an editorial mentions (amongst other fallacies) an apparent reply regarding criticism of the “Cytotoxic effects of ultra-diluted remedies on breast cancer cells” paper, aka Frenkel et al. Aficionados of woo will know that this paper was mentioned by the UK’s most credulous member of Parliament, David Tredinnick MP, in this EDM. One of the major criticisms of Frenkel et al is the disturbing lack of statistical analysis in the paper. [...]

By: » Fran Sheffield jumps the shark.

» Fran Sheffield jumps the shark. — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:30:51 +0000

[...] readers might remember her being responsible for the e-newsletter alerting us to the “homeopathy cures breast cancer study” which myself and David Gorski subsequently took to pieces. Sadly, only a few weeks ago this [...]

By: Health select committee lunacy | Adam Rutherford | United Kingdom Politics News

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:45:28 +0000

[...] How odd that Tredinnick appears to be so misinformed. I don’t buy into that lazy maxim that all MPs lie frequently. Some demonstrably do, but surely there must be some honest ones? It seems though that Tredinnick is misinformed about a great many things. You might have heard him earlier this week on the Today programme on Radio 4 getting a deserved roasting Simon Singh. Tredinnick is pushing an early day motion about the efficacy of homeopathy based on a new, but utterly flawed scientific paper. [...]

By: Winchester’s MP Steve Brine supports Homeopathy Motions! « The Hampshire Skeptics Society

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:16:18 +0000

[...] him if he’d read the (deeply flawed) scientific paper that it quotes and pointed him to a critique of the paper. In short, I warned, the study is seriously flawed and the results in the paper are not to be [...]