A high-flying Shropshire student is through to the UK final of a competition for young mathematicians.
Nov 16 2018
Good Thinking Supporters November 2018 Newsletter
November 2018 Newsletter: BBC upholds our complaint against homeopathy phone in; we report Goop over advertising breaches; and our maths comp final
Nov 08 2018
BBC upholds our complaint against BBC Radio Leeds homeopathy phone-in
The BBC’s Executive Complaints Unit has upheld our complaint against a homeopathy phone-in on Liz Green’s BBC Radio Leeds programme. Listeners were encouraged to call and text in to say whether homeopathy “has worked for them”. Two of the three callers interviewed were homeopaths, who were given significant air time and claimed that homeopathy is …
Oct 28 2018
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop health product ‘dangerous to expecting mothers’ (Sunday Times)
Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand Goop has been reported to British regulators over 113 alleged breaches of UK advertising law. Good Thinking Society, a charity that promotes scientific thinking, has accused the Oscar-winning actress of presiding over a company that issues “potentially dangerous” advice related to “unproven” health products.
Oct 24 2018
Who Wants to Be a Mathematician 2018/19 finalists announced
The second round of Who Wants to Be a Mathematician is now complete, and we are delighted to be able to announce the four students, who will be taking part in the UK final next month: Zaka Ahmed from King Edward VI Aston, Birmingham Jordan Baillie from St Maurice’s High School, Cumbernauld Jingyi Guo from Concord College, …
Sep 28 2018
Good Thinking Supporters September 2018 Newsletter
September 2018 Newsletter: BMJ publishes Good Thinking’s cancer fundraising investigation
Sep 19 2018
Covering Alternative Cancer Stories
The BMJ’s report on fundraisers for alternative cancer treatments highlights media coverage as one of the key drivers in the money being raised to fund ineffective cancer therapies. According to the BMJ’s report: Newspaper and TV reports on people with cancer drive donors to the crowdfunding sites, sometimes attracting the attention of celebrities, who boost …
Sep 14 2018
Heart-tugging tales of crowdfunded cancer ‘cures’ fuel quack medicine (New Scientist)
Media stories about people with cancer seeking controversial cures are unwittingly bolstering unscientific and potentially harmful treatments, says Michael Marshall
Sep 12 2018
BMJ publishes Good Thinking’s cancer fundraising investigation
The BMJ today published the results of a year-long investigation by Good Thinking into crowdfunding appeals for ineffective cancer treatments. As part of the investigation, Good Thinking searched fundraising sites such as JustGiving and GoFundMe, looking for appeals from UK patients which referenced unproven or disproven cancer treatments, and identifying where these treatments were being …
Sep 12 2018
Regulator removes osteopath from register following our complaint against misleading claims
The General Osteopathic Council has found Nicholas Handoll guilty of unacceptable professional conduct and has directed that his name be removed from the Register of Osteopaths. We reported Handoll to the GOsC in November 2015, highlighting misleading advertising claims regarding paediatric conditions. A webpage entitled “Infants and Children” stated: Osteopaths are first-contact practitioners, trained to …
