Posts Tagged ‘homeopathy’

CFI’s Skeptics Get Naturopaths to Disown Homeopathy, Reiki & Energy Therapy on TV

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:55 5 Comments

Skeptics Behzad Elahi and Michael Kruse of CFI Canada’s Skepticism Committee on the Michael Coren TV Show on Alt Med
While I don’t usually get the warmest welcome defending atheism on the religious program the Michael Coren Show, yesterday my nemesis Coren was possibly even harder on a couple of naturopaths that he had on as [...]

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Skeptics hijack Homeopathy Awareness Month to promote awareness of the pseudoscientific nonsense behind this 18th cent practice

Thursday, April 22, 2010 14:48 3 Comments

In case you weren’t aware of it, we’re just wrapping up Homeopathy Awareness Month here in Canada.  CFI Canada’s Committee for the Advancement of Scientific Skepticism had a front section nearly full page piece in Tuesday’s National Post.  Check that out and read this well researched piece by a colleague:

Homeopathy: Watering Down Mental Health Issues
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World Homeopathy Awareness Week 2010: A Celebration with No Substance

Tuesday, April 6, 2010 14:59 4 Comments

CFI Canada’s new Committee for the Advancement of Scientific Skepticism Sends Out Media Release
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
World Homeopathy Awareness Week 2010: A Celebration with No Substance

Toronto, Ont. (Date, 2010)— Starting on April 10, 2010, Homeopaths will be celebrating World Homeopathy Awareness Week in honor of their founder, 17th century homeopath Samuel Hahnemann.  There will be [...]

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U of T Health Fair Brings Everyone but Actual Health Providers

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 19:35 2 Comments

Quackery abounds. First on March 7 the Centre for Inquiry’s Committee for the Advancement of Scientific Skepticism reports on the harsh critique of homeopathy offered by the British Parliament - “Time to Call Time on Homeopathy.”  Within a couple of weeks, coverage by me and my friend Michael Payton of the Total Health show in [...]

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