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The Bitter Pill
Needless Treatment of Pets
By Tanya Stephens
The emergence of complementary and alternative medicine in veterinary clinics is a serious threat to animal welfare and the reputation of veterinarians.
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Homeopathy Fails the Test – Again
By Loretta Marron
The National Health and Medical Research Council has found that homeopathy is no better than a placebo. It is one of many such findings around the world, but will it change anything?
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Balance Returning to Vaccination Information
By Rachael Dunlop
The Australian Vaccination Network’s status as a charitable organisation has been stripped and its web of half-truths and outright lies damned by authorities.
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Seeking the Evidence for Chinese Medicine
By Dave Hawkes
By looking for active ingredients in traditional Chinese medicines, ethnopharmacologists are finding evidence for their efficacy.
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Getting to the Bottom of Colon Cleansing
By Joanne Benhamu
Colonic cleansing has persisted as an alternative therapy for centuries despite a lack of evidence.
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A Catalyst for Better Science Journalism
By Rob Morrison
In the wake of the controversial Catalyst reports on cholesterol and statins, Rob Morrison provides a checklist for good science journalism.
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How Charles Darwin Was Cured by Water
By John Hayman
The “water cure” relieved Charles Darwin of periods of nausea, but why didn’t it work at home?
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Darwin’s Diagnoses
By John Hayman
The father of modern biology suffered much at the hands of alternative medical practitioners.
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The Natural Logic of Health Care
By Wendy Daniels
It’s time to debunk the “natural is healthy and good and non-natural is unhealthy and bad” myth.
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Call Out the Quacks
By Tory Shepherd
Scientists often complain about the way the media treat their message, but journalists have reason to complain as well, since many scientists don’t help to get that message straight.
Tory Shepherd is the Political Editor of The Advertiser and a columnist at The Punch. She regularly writes columns exposing alternative medicine bunkum and bogus health claims.
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