The decline of homeopathy on the NHS – The Nightingale Collaboration

Even though homeopathy is to some extent tolerated within the NHS and despite there being three homeopathic ‘hospitals’, it is clear that it is in decline. We know that these hospitals have been branching out into other areas and have even been re-branding themselves to move away from their reliance on homeopathy.

But just because it’s been a part of the NHS since 1948 does not mean that homeopathy is endorsed by the NHS or the Government as being an effective treatment.

The decline of homeopathy in the NHS number of prescription items

 

via The decline of homeopathy on the NHS – The Nightingale Collaboration.

The limits of the human body

The Psychology Behind Anti-Vaccination

This week in pseudoscience

Does everything give you cancer?

medical studies

via vox.com/research-study-hype

We might be at the right level of smoking regulation « Adam Smith Institute

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via We might be at the right level of smoking regulation « Adam Smith Institute.

The average number of drinks men and women have at every age, charted – The Washington Post

via The average number of drinks men and women have at every age, charted – The Washington Post.

Ample Proof That Cell Phone Towers DO NOT Cause Cancer

Tin foil hat brigade has a recruit in New Zealand. Thousands more cellphone antennas could be installed without community consultation under a proposed environmental rule change.

Green Party environment spokeswoman Julie Anne Genter said the Government appeared to have little regard for environmental outcomes or community input.

“We support National Environmental Standards but they need to be used to protect the environment, not to override the right of local communities to have a say,” she said.

Leonard Roy's avatarThe Radiation Doctor

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A lot of people have been rather hasty in jumping to a lot of derogatory conclusions and accusations about the alleged health risks from cell phone towers. While these suggestions of health risks from radiations emanating from cell towers have been made; to say that the rays are carcinogenic, and a definite call to cancer; is quite extreme. Why? Because there is simply NOT enough evidence to prove a conclusive link between cell phone towers & cancer; and inversely, enough proof that there is no direct or considerable proof that shows these radiations can be harmful.

Let us examine a few renowned studies/organizations/institutions that have carried out extremely thorough & well designed accurate researches and found that cell phone towers can not cause cancer.

  1. British Medical Journal Childrens’ Study:

Researchers, whose study was featured in theBMJ, analyzed the data of 1400 children younger than four years of…

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Back when alternative medicine practised truth in advertising

How the measles vaccine first worked when introduced

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At Last Count: Global status of GMO crops | Genetic Literacy Project

HT: http://geneticliteracyproject.org/2015/02/26/at-last-count-global-status-of-gmo-crops-in-2014/

The impact of the polio vaccine – WSJ.com

The heat maps below show number of cases per 100,000 people.

via Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines – WSJ.com.

14 Years After Decriminalizing All Drugs, Here’s What Portugal Looks Like – Mic

HT: 14 Years After Decriminalizing All Drugs, Here’s What Portugal Looks Like – Mic.

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How much is your body worth?

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HT: http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/much-body-worth-infograph/

Yes, Some Companies Are Cutting Hours In Response To ‘Obamacare’

…the evidence suggests that the health law has likely led a few hundred thousand workers to see their hours cut or capped. That’s small in the context of an economy with 150 million workers.

But it isn’t a minor issue for those workers. Most of them are among the economy’s most vulnerable: low-wage, part-time workers who likely have few other options.

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