http://www.skeptics.com.au Investigating pseudo-science and the paranormal from a responsible scientific viewpoint Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:26:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/homeopaths-offer-cures-for-whooping-cough/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/homeopaths-offer-cures-for-whooping-cough/#comments Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:55:22 +0000 Rachael http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=3458 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/homeopaths-offer-cures-for-whooping-cough/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/uk-government-recommends-public-funds-pulled-from-homeopathy/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/uk-government-recommends-public-funds-pulled-from-homeopathy/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:18:03 +0000 Rachael http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=2423 Sugar pills are placebo Report concludes UK National Health Service should cease funding homeopathy Recommend no further clinical trials of homeopathy. Evidence shows homeopathy doesn’t work. Explanations for why homeopathy works are “scientifically implausible.” Committee views homeopathy as placebo. In a stunning move announced this evening Australian time, members of parliament in the UK have recommended that homeopathy be removed from [...]]]> http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/uk-government-recommends-public-funds-pulled-from-homeopathy/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/homeopathy-websites-prosecuted-for-false-misleading-advertising/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/homeopathy-websites-prosecuted-for-false-misleading-advertising/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:16:58 +0000 Rachael http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=2264 Two websites run by Homeopathy Plus! have been ordered to remove misleading and unverified information pertaining to homeopathic immunisation and flu treatment, following a ruling by the Therapeutic Goods Administration. The rulings were passed down in response to a complaint made by Dr Ken Harvey of the LaTrobe School of Public Health in Melbourne. Dr Harvey [...]]]> http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/homeopathy-websites-prosecuted-for-false-misleading-advertising/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/what-really-gets-taught-in-homeopathy-school/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/what-really-gets-taught-in-homeopathy-school/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:06:09 +0000 Rachael http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=2177 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/what-really-gets-taught-in-homeopathy-school/feed/ 0