Health Select Committee – Dorries And Tredinnick

June 25, 2010 at 4:38 pm (Acupuncture, Alternative Medicine, Evidence, government, Homeopathy, Politics) (, )

I was surprised to see that Nadine Dorries and David Tredinnick were members of the newly-formed Select Committee on Health. So surprised, I half-wondered at first if the announcement was some kind of spoof. Sadly, it appears that Dorries and Tredinnick really are on the Health Select Committee. Read the rest of this entry »

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Acupuncture Works, Say Scientists

May 30, 2010 at 7:02 pm (Acupuncture, Alternative Medicine, Media) (, , , , , )

AcupunctureAnother day, another story in the popular press suggesting that scientists have shown that a popular alternative treatment is effective. Read the rest of this entry »

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A Beginner’s Guide To Acupuncture

May 5, 2009 at 4:50 pm (Acupuncture, Alternative Medicine, Beginner's Guides) (, )

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Part Two in an occasional series (I’ve already done a guide to chiropractic) focuses on acupuncture. Read the rest of this entry »

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