Hundreds of thousands of people in Britain have downloaded apps through Google and Apple that market themselves with unproven claims to treat cancer and other diseases. Among the most popular examples are those that promote “ketogenic diets” with the suggestion that they are effective in fighting cancer, even though there have been no clinical trials …
Jun 11 2018
Good Thinking Supporters June 2018 Newsletter
June 2018 Newsletter: Homeopaths’ legal challenge to NHS England fails, Flat Earth conference reports, and Marsh to speak at NECSS in New York
Jun 11 2018
Insight: Terminal diagnosis for homeopathy (The Scotsman)
Lawyer Mary McGowan was horrified when she was first referred to the Centre for Integrative Care (formerly known as Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital); she had been ill for several years with conventional medicine doing little to alleviate her symptoms or even provide a diagnosis, but she was still wary of the alternative treatments on offer.
Jun 05 2018
Homeopaths’ legal challenge to NHS England fails
Today, the British Homeopathic Association lost their legal case against NHS England, with the judge dismissing all four parts of their case. The BHA had sought to overturn NHS England’s announcement in November 2017 of new guidance which advises GP’s not to prescribe homeopathic remedies. Michael Marshall, Project Director of the Good Thinking Society, said …
May 11 2018
Why We Should Listen to Flat Earth Believers (Even Though They’re Completely Wrong)
It’s easy to attribute the recent resurgence in belief that the world is flat to stupidity or gullibility – indeed, physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson writes Flat Earthers off as proof that the educational system has failed. But while it might rightly be labelled ridiculous, belief in the Flat Earth does not exist in a vacuum. People …
May 04 2018
If ever something deserved to be called barking mad it’s this rabid dog saliva ‘remedy’ (The Mirror)
Homeopathic healers insist remedy is safe and contains no rabies virus.
May 02 2018
The universe is an egg and the moon isn’t real: notes from a Flat Earth conference (The Guardian)
Michael Marshall attended the UK’s annual gathering of people who share the unshakeable belief that the Earth is flat.
May 01 2018
What I Learned From Spending Four Hours With The World’s Most Famous Conspiracy Theorist (Gizmodo)
David Icke wants you to know that he is not a racist. He may be arguably the world’s most recognisable conspiracy theorist, and yes, he has ideas that he’s happy to share about how the world’s leaders are controlled by an unseen force connected and identified through their bloodline, but he is not a racist. …
Apr 13 2018
Alternative medicine and its sceptics – Science Weekly podcast (The Guardian)
This week, Hannah Devlin asks: what are sceptics of alternative medicine saying about its rise? And what can their thoughts tell us about how the scientific sceptic movement is approaching the conversation?
Mar 21 2018
Have your say on NHS Homeopathy in Bristol – by April 15th
Last August, we highlighted a consultation by Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire CCGs to end NHS Homeopathy funding. The consultation ended on August 15th, but the CCGs chose not to release the results, electing instead to wait until NHS England had announced the results of their own consultation, which they did in November 2017. …
