Jul 15 2020
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
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
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
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
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
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 …
Jul 11 2020
The Professional Standards Authority has launched an emergency review amid claims material published on Facebook breached social media rules.
Jun 13 2020
Twitter is promoting a debunked conspiracy theory which claims that many of the world’s most powerful people are running a child trafficking ring. The “Pizzagate” hashtag appeared in the social network’s trending topics on Tuesday and reached the top of the “For you” section of the app for some users. Twitter users who tapped on the hashtag were …
Jun 01 2020
Today, we learned that the editors of Get Well – the rebranded What Doctors Don’t Tell You magazine – have decided to withdraw it from the shelves of retailers across the UK, so it will in future only be sold on a subscription-only model. What Doctors Don’t Tell You has been notorious for years as …
May 05 2020
The first Good Magic Awards received many impressive applications. After careful consideration, the judging panel selected two winners to receive the £1000 awards: Megan Swann and Breathe Magic.
