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The Bitter Pill:
Darwin’s Diagnoses
The father of modern biology suffered much at the hands of alternative medical practitioners.
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The Bitter Pill:
A Pharmacist’s View of the “Natural” Route to Health
A growing tendency to sell and even promote alternative remedies and “natural” supplements is putting the reputation of pharmacists at risk, and adding to the burgeoning health costs of the nation. |
The Bitter Pill:
Vitamins: Perception versus Reality
Which vitamins are backed by scientific evidence and which don’t live up to the hype? |
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Naked Skeptic:
A Close Run Thing at the Chemist
The engagement of pharmacy and pseudoscience was broken before they could get to the altar, but it would have been a one-sided marriage anyway. |
Naked Skeptic:
The Best Research Money Can Buy
Why is Swisse funding research into the effectiveness of its vitamins when the TGA requires it to have such evidence prior to their listing? |
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Online Feature:
Swisse Vitamins highlights the failure of industry self-regulation
Encouraging GPs to “on-sell” products to patients is likely to produce unnecessary or inappropriate prescribing |
