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Edzard Ernst

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Edzard Ernst is Emeritus Professor of Complementary Medicine at the Peninsula School of Medicine, University of Exeter. He is the author of ten books on complementary and alternative medicine.

JD Vance is right – for anti-intellectuals like him, the professors are the enemy

Professors seek the truth, and the truth is something that politicians like JD Vance fear, because it can reveal their agenda as being fascist.

Research into homeopathy: data falsification, fabrication and manipulation

Michael Frass's study raised eyebrows when it appeared to show homeopathy improved outcomes for cancer patients - until it was proven to be the result of data falsification

Auriculotherapy: why poking needles into your earlobe is, essentially, pointless

Auriculotherapy - ear acupuncture - is a popular alternative therapy, even though proponents can't even agree which part of the ear does what

John Harvey Kellogg: the ‘Biologic Living’ theories of the inventor of corn flakes

Latterly famous for his breakfast cereal invention, John Harvey Kellogg was a religious zealot, eugenicist, and highly prominent early 20th Century quack

So-called alternative medicine and vaccine hesitancy

Many people who turn to alternative medicine are also vaccine hesitant - both factors are related to a distrust of, and lack of access to, mainstream medicine

Charles appoints alt-med fan Dr Michael Dixon as Head of the Royal Medical Household

Though largely unnoticed, Charles' appointment of alt-med advocate, Dr Michael Dixon, as Head of the Royal Medical Household may be telling

How should alternative medicine practitioners be regulated?

If alternative medicine practitioners are to be effectively regulated, they can't regulate themselves - but nor can they be given special treatment by governments

Alternative medicine for animals: why we should keep quacks away from our furry friends

A recent systematic review looked at the use of 24 alternative medicine modalities on cats, dogs, and horses. The results were less than impressive.
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