Osteopathy

Acupuncture

The World Health Organisation is misguided in its handling of ‘traditional’ medicine

Michael Marshall - 1st September 2023

The WHO is right to say we should respect indigenous, 'traditional' medical knowledge - but proper respect means applying scrutiny and rigour

Osteopathy

New systematic review finds zero evidence that osteopathy is useful for treating children

Edzard Ernst - 28th September 2022

Despite a total lack of evidence that osteopathy is any help at all, many osteopaths routinely perform manipulations on babies and infants

Alternative Medicine

Regulators take action against dentist offering applied kinesiology and cranial osteopathy

Shaun Sellars - 4th May 2022

By striking off a dentist making misleading health claims, the GDC and High Court have sent a message to other dentists on the fringes of the profession

Alternative Medicine

The curious rise in the popularity of osteopathy in France

Edzard Ernst - 27th September 2021

The number of osteopaths in France has more than tripled since 2010, despite there being no evidence that osteopathy is remotely effective.

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Alice Guo, the local Philippines town mayor accused of being a Chinese spy

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Don’t Be A Dick: revisiting Phil Plait’s 2010 advice to skeptics

Project Blue Beam is finally happening… as long as you cherry pick very carefully

Alice Guo, the local Philippines town mayor accused of being a Chinese spy

Contorium: how a conspiracy narrative embraced a Turkish parody crystal

Andrew Tate’s misogynistic BRUV political party is a joke we should take seriously

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