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		<title>Big business in Texas</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2011/11/big-business-in-texas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a last hope for cancer sufferers, his name regularly appears in the media with many a fund-raising appeal launched to enable sufferers to travel to the US to visit his clinic and be treated by the great man himself. Even a cursory search of the Internet will find many grateful customers of Dr Stanislaw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing times for homeopaths</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many websites of homeopaths are changing. Some as a direct result of being contacted by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and some, no doubt, because, now they are aware of the ASA&#8217;s rules, want to be responsible and abide by them. I&#8217;ve been watching several websites change over recent months: some delete a few words here and there; some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dangerous homeopathy</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2011/07/dangerous-homeopathy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s bad enough when homeopaths take good money from people, claiming they can cure their colds or clear up their eczema with sugar pills. It&#8217;s another thing entirely to claim to prevent or treat serious diseases with identical sugar pills. But this is precisely what the BBC&#8217;s Newsnight programme discovered homeopaths were doing. Broadcast in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeopathy regulation: there&#8217;s nothing in it</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2011/07/homeopathy-regulation-theres-nothing-in-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is &#8216;homeopathic&#8217; an accurate description of self-regulation? The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) are paragons of efficiency and professionalism. They may well have a lot to deal with at the moment, but that does not stop them investigating complaints thoroughly and responsibly. They take the business of regulation seriously and have a well-deserved reputation for being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The business of regulation</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2011/05/the-business-of-regulation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 22:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Perry has been having an interesting email conversation with Maggy Wallace, Executive Chair of the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council. There have been a few emails back and forth — and it would be best to read the conversation before continuing — but I felt I needed to add my tuppence-worth: &#160; Hi Maggy I&#8217;ve been following your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The end of an era</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2011/05/the-end-of-an-era/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 21:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Edzard Ernst recently announced his retirement as Director of the Complementary Medicine Research Group. What does this mean for him and for the future of critical research into the evidence for alternative therapies? I interviewed Prof Ernst to find out. Professor Edzard Ernst is critical of many sorts of complementary therapies. But his views of what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is there a Doctor in the clinic?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of doctors out there, but it can be difficult to know which are properly qualified and registered medical practitioners and who are, well, just quacks. It&#8217;s not really that much of a problem for most of us. If we&#8217;re feeling unwell, we make an appointment with our GP. If there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the strain</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2011/04/taking-the-strain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The General Chiropractic Council&#8216;s occasional News from the GCC publication rarely makes interesting reading. It&#8217;s usually a mish-mash of stuff only of interest to chiropractors. But there is an occasional interesting item or two. The latest issue discusses the apparent ongoing debate between the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the GCC: The ASA Committee of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out with the old…</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2011/04/out-with-the-old%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zenosblog.com/2011/04/out-with-the-old%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I submitted my complaints about claims made on chiropractic websites in June 2008, a fundamental requirement regulating what chiropractors could claim — firmly embedded in their Code of Practice — was that they only advertise consistent with guidance issued by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). At that time, the General Chiropractic Council&#8216;s Code of Practice [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
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		<title>Active ingredients: still none (hopefully)</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2011/02/active-ingredients-still-none-hopefully/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zenosblog.com/2011/02/active-ingredients-still-none-hopefully/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While some of us were composing our considered responses to the MHRA&#8217;s consultation on homeopathy, supporters of the magic sugar pills panicked and urged friends and homeopaths to flood the MHRA with their ill-considered responses. This orchestrated campaign was leaked last night and gave us all a good laugh. It was obvious the writer of the [...]]]></description>
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