A new Bill has been proposed in the New South Wales parliament which, if passed, will enable consumers to complain to the government not only about health information that has adversely affected their health but also about information that they deem is likely to cause harm. Proposed by NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner, the Health Legislation Amendment … Read on »
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Sydney dinner — July 27, Kathy Marks
Pitcairn Island - paradise or hell? Probably more of the latter, as Kathy Marks, The Independent's Asia-Pac correspondent, relays … Read on »
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AltMed linked to poor cancer outcomes
The alternative medicine researcher, Edzard Ernst, has brought to our attention a recent study in South Korea of higher mortality rates … Read on »
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World Homeopathic Awareness Week
April 10th marks the 258th birthday of the Samuel Hahnemann the progenitor of Homeopathy. Fittingly it is also the … Read on »
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Sydney: April 6 — Sex and the Troll
Want to know how dangerous sex is? And is anonymity possible in the age of 'questioning everything'? Dr Brooke … Read on »
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Queensland’s anti-fluoride councils: a…
In the last few months, a number of Queensland local councils have voted to end water fluoridation from drinking … Read on »
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Measles Madness
A book promoting measles as a child-friendly disease has been soundly criticised around the world, in both mainstream and … Read on »
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Calling all diviners
Australian Skeptics are again organising a major test of water divining, repeating an exercise last undertaken 11 years ago … Read on »
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AVN — new name, new president
Meryl Dorey, the founder and long-term president of the Australian Vaccination Network, has announced that she has relinquished her … Read on »
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Cold fusion at energy conference
Cold fusion was the subject of a presentation at the All-Energy Conference held in Melbourne in October, but with … Read on »
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