Following the exposé of thermography clinics giving dangerously false information to cancer patients, MPs Anthony Browne, Maria Eagle and Barbara Keeley have backed our calls to strengthen the Cancer Act and to better protect vulnerable patients.
Jul 29 2020
Vitamin dosing via bluetooth? Physicist warns don’t waste your money on Healy (Radio New Zealand)
A month after saying a dietary supplement could prevent Covid-19, Orewa psychic Jeanette Wilson now claims a bluetooth device she’s selling can dose vitamins “vibrationally”. But Medsafe, the Commerce Commission and a physicist are warning consumers to be wary of the claims. A self-proclaimed spirit medium, healer and “psychic surgeon” who recently said a dietary …
Jul 17 2020
Is there a future for newspaper astrologers in the era of fake news? (Press Gazette)
Astrology’s claims that the position of the sun, moon and planets at our birth informs our character and future are without evidence, and yet horoscopes continue to be published in national newspapers.
Jul 15 2020
‘Thermographic scans gave my son false hope’ (BBC)
When Sean Walsh was told his cancer had returned, he rejected conventional treatment. A well-known figure on Liverpool’s music scene, he documented his search for alternative ways of managing his condition for his followers. He also used thermography, heat images of the body, which are promoted by some as an alternative to conventional scans.
Jul 15 2020
False Hope? Alternative Cancer Cures (BBC Three)
Sean Walsh was 20 when he found out his cancer was back. He’d been in remission for less than two years and was determined that this time round, he would not have conventional treatment. He turned down chemotherapy in the hope that he could cure his Hodgkin’s Lymphoma through an alternative approach, including a vegan …
Jul 15 2020
Alternative medicine and thermography: Sean’s cancer story (BBC)
Sean Walsh was 20 when he found out his cancer was back. He’d been in remission for less than two years and was determined that this time round, he would not have conventional treatment. He turned down chemotherapy in the hope that he could cure his Hodgkin’s Lymphoma through an alternative approach, including a vegan …
Jul 15 2020
BBC Three exposes dangerous cancer claims by thermography clinic
A new BBC Three documentary, “False Hope? Alternative Cancer Cures”, shows the dangerously misleading claims made by alternative cancer clinics and how ineffective thermography scans are giving cancer patients an inaccurate view of their prognosis.
Jul 15 2020
PSA to review Society of Homeopaths’ accreditation over anti-vaccine conspiracy theory posts
The Professional Standards Authority – the government body which oversees and accredits healthcare bodies – has confirmed it is reviewing the accreditation of the Society of Homeopaths, after the Society’s new Professional Standards Director was revealed to have shared anti-vaccine conspiracy theories online. In early June, the Society of Homeopaths (SoH) announced that Sue Pilkington …
Jul 13 2020
To win the war on Covid-19 we must inoculate Britain against the crazy anti-vaxxers (Daily Mail)
There is only one sure way to deal with the coronavirus which has plunged the world’s economy into recession and killed (so far) more than half a million people. A vaccine. The global race to develop one has been extraordinary in its scale and speed. As a result, it is thought possible that a vaccine might be …
