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JAB 'AS DEADLY AS THE CANCER' Sunday Express story untrue.

Sunday Express October 4,2009 By Lucy Johnston “THE cervical cancer vaccine may be riskier and more deadly than the cancer it is designed to prevent, a leading expert who developed the drug has warned”. This story which was on the front page of the Sunday Express is completely untrue. The Sunday Express...

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Posted on October 12, 2009 by Richard Lanigan  |  4 Comments

Cervarix is safe, chiropractic is dangerous according to sceptics?

Perhaps medical scientists should be asking, is why do the vast majority of women avoid developing cancer despite being exposed to this virus? Schoolgirl dies after cervical cancer vaccination • HPV vaccine batch quarantined as 'precautionary measure' • Vaccination part of national immunisation...

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Posted on September 30, 2009 by Richard Lanigan  |  4 Comments

Should chiropractors be endorsing an event sponsored by “Nurofen: back pain experts”?

One of the issues I have been banging on about in recent years is that of chiropractors prescribing and how it is not congruent with the principles of chiropractic. The BCA executive has asked members whether they should approach the GCC about courses for BCA members in prescribing. The result of the...

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Posted on September 29, 2009 by Richard Lanigan  |  3 Comments

New study states “Spinal Manipulation” has no benefit for back pain. Patients should keep popping the pills.

No doubt the sceptics will attach great importance to this “reductionist” study of 104 subjects. Since when does reduction of pain tell you anything about joint function or health for that matter. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence...

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Posted on September 22, 2009 by Richard Lanigan  |  No Comments

When I read stuff like this, I have to laugh at the outrage shown by sceptics towards chiropractic

Ex-Drug Sales Rep Tells All Former Eli Lilly Rep Says He Wined and Dined Doctors to Make a Sale By MARCUS BARAM — To sell their drugs, pharmaceutical companies hire former cheerleaders and ex-models to wine and dine doctors, exaggerate the drug's benefits and underplay their side-effects, a former...

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Posted on September 18, 2009 by Richard Lanigan  |  1 Comment

GPs to be paid £5.25 per jab for swine flu vaccine. Chiropractors need good lobbyists not scientific evidence??

Well the government had to do something after 50% of GPs said they had no confidence in the actual vaccine . It would seem chiropractors need good lobbyists not scientific evidence?? Sarah Boseley The Guardian Family doctors have secured a deal with the government over their payments for giving patients...

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Posted on September 17, 2009 by Richard Lanigan  |  No Comments

Risk from swine flu vaccine 'greater than catching virus'

SYLVIA THOMPSON. Irish Times September 15 THE RISKS associated with catching the current strain of the H1N1 virus are less than those connected with being given a new vaccine which has had limited clinical trials, according to an international commentator on swine flu. “I believe vaccination may...

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Posted on September 15, 2009 by Richard Lanigan  |  No Comments

“What harm is conventional medicine doing to children with colic”? asks sceptic Tom. If only this mother had tried chiropractic.

Technorati Tags: colic , chiropractic , risk , painkillers Selfish' mother who killed her 20-month-old son by doping him to make him sleep is jailed for six years By Colin Fernandez Daily Mail Last updated at 11:34 AM on 09th September 2009 A 'selfish' mother killed her 20-month-old son by drugging him...

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Posted on September 11, 2009 by Richard Lanigan  |  4 Comments

Over-the-counter painkillers 'can cause addiction within three days'

“Over-the-counter painkillers taken by millions can cause addiction in just three days, the Government’s drug watchdog has said”. Its taken them a long time to figure that one out. Sometimes clinical experience is much more effective that waiting for compelling “scientific evidence”...

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Posted on September 06, 2009 by Richard Lanigan  |  No Comments

Something for sceptics to get their teeth into.

September 1, 2009, New York Times. Does Ibuprofen Help or Hurt During Exercise? By Gretchen Reynolds Several years ago, David Nieman set out to study racers at the Western States Endurance Run, a 100-mile test of human stamina held annually in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. The race directors...

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Posted on September 05, 2009 by Richard Lanigan  |  9 Comments