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‘Energy Medicine’ at RMIT university is all wibbly wobbly, plus this week’s FSM update

February 12, 2012

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I was a bit curious about this ‘Energy Medicine’ that the Friends of Science in Medicine said was being taught at Australian universities. So I tried the same trick as last time with homeopathy – Googled “energy medicine” site:.edu.au. Since then I’ve had this hanging around, but it’s too good not to post. So RMIT… [Read more…]

Testing remedies and trying arguments – 9 responses to claims by anti-FSM pseudoscience [Now with an added bonus 10th answer!]

February 5, 2012

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Wow! Friends of Science in Medicine certainly got lots of people Googling for more information. FSM really should get their own website explaining their principles, so everyone who’s looking for information isn’t getting it from second-hand sources, such as the news, blogs, and their opponents. Plus then the public could go there to vent their… [Read more…]

Alternative medicine academics strike back against Friends of Science in Medicine on The Conversation – with dubious NHMRC acupuncture trials

January 29, 2012

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In response to the kerfuffle over the Friends of Science in Medicine, The Conversation responded with an article from the alternative therapists’ point of view: “Alternative medicine can be scientific, say besieged academics“. The article’s uncritical he-said-she-said reporting – normal practice for ‘unbiased’ journalism and a site which is trying to provoke a ‘conversation’ – is… [Read more…]