Professor Ezard Ernst states in Saturdays Guardian that the field of complementary medicine would benefit greatly, if “the Foundation for Integrated Health ceased to exist and the funds thus freed were directed towards rigorous research." Presumably this would enable professor…
Journalist explains how the BCA has damaged the chiropractic profession, by going after Simon Singh
Amy Jenkins: Set out to gag the press and you might end up choking The Independent April 3 2010 I never had a problem with chiropractors. In fact, I used their services occasionally. If I had a stiff back I’d…
“Straw men” lacking integrity.
One of the things that makes amuses when reading sceptic blogs is the impression they seem to have that all CAM practitioners must be delusional and the public should go to “real doctors” for treatment, because all their interventions…
Study investigating whether manipulation of the upper cervical spine could reduce blood pressure
Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research Begins Patient Recruiting for a Study on Chiropractic and High Blood Pressure Published on December 1, 2009 December 1, 2009 (Davenport, IA) — Researchers at the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research (PCCR) clinic facility,…
GCC regulatory report, 656 complaints in 2009.
Two blips in the number of complaints received since 2000. In 2005 when the BCA used the GCC to mess up the UCA and made 80 complaints against the UCA executive and in 2009 when the sceptics used the GCC…
Bogus Claims and drug promotion
Rupert Cornwell: The vast cost of drug promotion puts judgement in doubt Independent Friday, 19 March 2010 Links between the big drug companies and doctors have become increasingly controversial in the US, as the pharmaceutical industry showers physicians each year…