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Professor Edzard Ernst looks at a US health insurer's decision to stop funding chiropractic upper spinal manipulation
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Advice to die for
26 Aug 10
How much harm is caused by incompetent advice in complementary and alternative medicine, asks Professor Edzard Ernst
Garlic: a success story in herbal medicine
12 Aug 10
Professor Edzard Ernst looks at the history and research surrounding garlic's medicinal benefits
Why we should abandon reiki
02 Aug 10
Until there is a plausible explanation for 'universal life energy', we should not continue to fund research into it says Professor Edzard Ernst
How much negative evidence is enough?
23 Jul 10
How many studies are required before a therapy can be said to be not effective, asks Professor Edzard Ernst
Why GPs should be concerned about naturopathy
05 Jul 10
Professor Edzard Ernst considers a new textbook covering this 'eclectic' system of healthcare
Acupuncture, research and logic
24 Jun 10
Professor Ernst provides a tongue in cheek summary of the arguments and counter-arguments used during the last 100 years of clinical research into acupuncture.
The General Chiropractic Council clarifies its position on subluxation
10 Jun 10
Professor Edzard Ernst looks at the council's latest guidance - and its implications for complementary and alternative medicine as a whole.
Light-weight evidence is not enough
19 May 10
As European Obesity Day approaches, Edzard Ernst looks at the evidence for the use of complementary therapies for weight management
Anecdotal evidence
04 May 10
When it comes to patient safety, anecdotes are often all we have to go on, says Professor Edzard Ernst
Pseudo-arguments, strawmen and smoke-screens
02 Sep 10
Professor Edzard Ernst challenges his critics to show him the evidence
Traditional herbalism: no good evidence that it works
18 Aug 10
The evidence for treating patients with an individualised mixture of several plant extracts is patchy at best, says Professor Edzard Ernst
A smokescreen and a farce
05 Aug 10
Professor Edzard Ernst looks at the move to open an alternative medicine college by the former heads of the Prince of Wales' holistic health charity.
Does upper spinal manipulation cause vascular accidents?
27 Jul 10
Professor Edzard Ernst looks at the evidence surrounding the risks of upper spinal manipulation
Homeopathy is given a rough ride
20 Jul 10
Edzard Ernst looks across to our German cousins for a lesson in how to look at homeopathy.
Why insist on scientific rigour?
30 Jun 10
Be wary of 'real life' studies, says Professor Edzard Ernst
Why the founder of homeopathy should be celebrated
15 Jun 10
Professor Edzard Ernst recognises the achievements of the German doctor who invented homeopathy - but not what he is most famous for.
Of parachutes and strawmen
27 May 10
There are hundreds of treatments that are so obviously effective that they don't need a RCT, says Edzard Ernst
I won't be mourning their demise
12 May 10
Edzard Ernst analyses the stated acheivements of the now-defunct Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health
A victory for freedom of speech
25 Apr 10
Edzard Ernst explains why Simon Singh’s victory at the High Court means that public health will be improved.
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The Dandelion Diet, or how to sell utter nonsense
20 Apr 10
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Chiropractic in a pickle
06 Apr 10
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Are the forces of rationality gathering?
15 Mar 10
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Misleading the public
25 Feb 10
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The BMA has got it right on complementary therapies
12 Feb 10
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The obstacles to CAM research
20 Jan 10
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Free speech is not for sale
05 Jan 10
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Distrust me, I'm a pharmacist?
30 Nov 09
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The General Chiropractic Council and its retracted claim
12 Nov 09
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Why do you believe in this treatment?
21 Oct 09
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Homeopaths and swine flu
01 Oct 09
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Homeopathy is not a cure for infections
16 Sep 09
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A tale of homeopathic immunisation
02 Sep 09
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Maximising placebo-effects
11 Aug 09
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Quackbuster or critical analyst?
24 Jul 09
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The end of homeopathy?
03 Jul 09
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My response to the British Chiropractic Association
18 Jun 09
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There's no such thing as a 'negative' result
01 Jun 09
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If the evidence supports it, so will I
18 May 09
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CAM practitioners share some of the blame for measles epidemic
07 May 09
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In self-defence
12 Apr 10
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Why I support the complaint against the Prince
22 Mar 10
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Research with a stacked deck
05 Mar 10
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Acupuncture for chronic pain?
22 Feb 10
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Homeopathic remedies - helpful, benign placebos?
05 Feb 10
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Quack spotting
05 Jan 10
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Plans for regulation are a royal mess
08 Dec 09
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The Prince and complementary medicine
18 Nov 09
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First alternative medicine - now alternative reality?
03 Nov 09
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Acupuncture for back pain?
19 Oct 09
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Prevention is better than cure
21 Sep 09
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Double standards from the King's Fund
07 Sep 09
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Chinese herbal medicine for endometriosis?
28 Aug 09
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The value of experience
03 Aug 09
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The reddest herring in town
10 Jul 09
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WHO stance on homeopathy could harm Third World
29 Jun 09
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Are chiropractors destroying their own reputation?
04 Jun 09
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Percy, Pavlov and placebo in animals
26 May 09
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Herbal 'detox' treatments spread a poisonous message
14 May 09
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Homeopaths ride to swine flu rescue
06 May 09
