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	<title>Australian Skeptics Inc &#187; alternative medicine</title>
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		<title>Homeopaths offer cures for whooping cough</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alternative medicine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[homeopathy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With many parts of Australia in the grips of a whooping cough epidemic, homeopaths are making claims they can cure or treat the illness. An article from Adelaide Now describes homeopathic remedies including belladonna and phosphorus are being recommended for whooping cough.
The article incorrectly describes homeopathic remedies as “herbal” which is a common misconception, given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death of girl denied chemo for clay therapy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alternative medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer quackery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hepatoblastoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamar Stitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trevor Stitt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rumours are circulating that Tamar Stitt, the 10 year old girl who was smuggled out of Australia to avoid chemotherapy to treat her hepatoblastoma, a type of virulent liver cancer, has died. Tamar’s story was reported by Channel 7s Sunday Night programme several months ago, and recent promos for a follow-up Today Tonight story suggested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mysterious death after taking miracle cure</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachael</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alternative medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bleach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chlorine dioxide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Nash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Humble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miracle Mineral Solution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silvia Fink]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A woman has died after taking an alternative medicine supplement known as Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS) a form of bleach (chlorine dioxide) marketed as a miracle cure-all.
The supplement was invented by American Jim Humble, who describes himself variously as a scientist, prospector and saviour of the human race who discovered the substance’s powers while looking [...]]]></description>
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