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		<title>The Long and Winding Road</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2010/06/the-long-and-winding-road/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: there was a problem with Internet Explorer not showing all of the post &#8211; it&#8217;s  now fixed, so you can read it right to the end!
It&#8217;s been a while since I blogged about the progress of my complaints to the GCC and it&#8217;s time for an update.
In fact, it&#8217;s been a full 12 months [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washing dirty linen in public</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2009/12/washing-dirty-linen-in-public/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The General Chiropractic Council publishes annual Fitness to Practice reports, which contain summaries of all complaints dealt with over the year and useful advice and guidance for chiropractors on topics like:
1. Professional boundaries
2. Abuse of trust or exploitation of lack of knowledge
3. Communication with patients and obtaining consent
4. Record keeping
5. Management and care: initial examination [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chiropractic evidence mashup</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2009/12/chiropractic-evidence-mashup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some light relief.

Genius! Sheer genius.
And another one, found by Dr Aust: Chiropraktischer Untergang – updated with added Sturm und Drang. See his excellent blog for several more.

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		<title>Shedding more light on acceptable evidence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pharmacies are in the news again this week. Not Boots this time, but that other well-known high street chemist, Lloyds Pharmacy.
An ASA adjudication, published today, upheld a complaint against a TV advert about their &#8216;light therapy device&#8216;.  The advert claimed:
Hay fever seasons [sic] here again.  But heres [sic] something you might not have tried before, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What a week for quackery!</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2009/11/what-a-week-for-quackery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Phew! This has been a spectacular week or so for alternative medicine.
Firstly, we had the Landmark ASA ruling on asthma and colic. Then we have the spectacle of some of its major proponents being tortured and exposed before the House of Commons Science and Technology Sub-committee looking into the evidence (or lack of it) for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landmark ASA ruling on asthma and colic</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2009/11/landmark-asa-ruling-on-asthma-and-colic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Code of Practice for chiropractors clearly states that claims made by chiropractors have to be:
…consistent with the law and the guidance issued by the Advertising Standards Authority.
There have been several cases where the ASA have found chiropractors to be in breach of this guidance by making claims for all sorts of medical conditions, some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulating nonsense: my response</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2009/11/regulating-nonsense-my-response/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The deadline was today, and I only just managed to get my response in to the Department of Health consultation (take a deep breath):
A joint consultation on the Report to Ministers from the DH Steering Group on the Statutory Regulation of Practitioners of Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Other Traditional Medicine Systems Practised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New ASA remit?</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2009/11/new-asa-remit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of speculation today after some media reports about Google and the ASA.
One article was in Revolution magazine: ASA imposes paid search tax to police websites and another in the Guardian: Google deal with Advertising Standards Authority will fund regulation.
It is not clear from either of these articles exactly what has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profit and loss: addendum</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2009/10/profit-and-loss-addendum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zenosblog.com/2009/10/profit-and-loss-addendum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last post ended:
In the light of this, why are so many BCA members still making such claims?
Oh dear.

The clinic at the centre of the ASA complaint was BritChiro Clinics. They have clinics in Horsham in West Sussex, Bournemouth in Dorset, Horley in Surrey and New Milton in Hampshire.
The ASA adjudication that went against them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profit and loss</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2009/10/profit-and-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I blogged on What the BCA got up to in 2007 some months ago and examined their 2007 accounts, lodged with Companies House.
Their 2008 accounts have just been published. And they make interesting reading. They give details of the BCA&#8217;s financial position at 31 December 2008.

To recap, in 2007, the BCA made a profit of [...]]]></description>
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