10:23: My Arsenic Overdose

... by Martin
Saturday was a surreal day. First thing in the morning, I was wired up by a fly-on-the-wall documentary team before greeting the press and swallowing an entire bottle of (homeopathic) arsenic. At lunch, still alive but barely awake, I was giving phone interviews to...
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My Response to the British Homeopathic Association

... by Martin
Over the weekend I received a rare honour, a press release directed at me with the full intellectual might of the British Homeopathic Association behind it. The statement came after I wrote a piece for the Guardian which was published under the title "Homeopathic...
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The Homeopaths Strike Back (The Times)

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 22:58

It's fair to say that 2010 hasn't been a vintage year for homeopathy so far. At the end of January, a mass public 'overdose' by critics aiming to demonstrate the fact that homeopathic remedies contain no active ingredients received widespread coverage. Weeks later, the Science & Technology Select Committee released a report that damned not just homeopathy, but the homeopaths themselves, ultimately concluding that homeopathy works no better than placebo, and that NHS funding for the alternative medicine should be scrapped.

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Official. Drinking alcohol leads to hangover.

Mon, 03/01/2010 - 20:47

Hangovers offer rich pickings for complementary therapists. It's the perfect fodder for alternative medicine. Give them an affliction almost completely characterised by a progressive recovery and they will be tumbling over themselves to offer 'cures'. Staring bleary-eyed at the Sunday supplements the recommended homeopathic regime of nux vomica suddenly seem like a good idea. Rational individuals try to reason through the fog of hangover and decide to take one pill (sorry pillule – don't want to sound too allopathic) and then wait 24 hours. Hangover cured. Personally, I’d like to see a decent double-blind RCT looking at homeopathic nux vomica versus a bacon butty.

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The Pod Delusion #23

Fri, 02/26/2010 - 09:57
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Homeopathy: Useless, Dishonest and Unethical

Tue, 02/23/2010 - 08:37

In the words of one blogger, “the Select Committee was biased - biased by the evidence.” Today the Science and Technology Select Committee delivered their verdict on homeopathy, and it was devastating. The committee have called for the complete withdrawal of NHS funding and MHRA licensing of homeopathy.

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My Response to the British Homeopathic Association

Tue, 02/09/2010 - 17:44

Over the weekend I received a rare honour, a press release directed at me with the full intellectual might of the British Homeopathic Association behind it.

The statement came after I wrote a piece for the Guardian which was published under the title "Homeopathic association misrepresented evidence to MPs". Since they've taken such a personal interest in my work, I feel obliged to respond.

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10:23: My Arsenic Overdose

Sun, 01/31/2010 - 23:48

Saturday was a surreal day. First thing in the morning, I was wired up by a fly-on-the-wall documentary team before greeting the press and swallowing an entire bottle of (homeopathic) arsenic. At lunch, still alive but barely awake, I was giving phone interviews to the Press Association and a Russian magazine, then I spent a frantic evening on the phone to a producer at BBC News 24 arranging to get a either Simon Singh or Evan Harris MP to the studio. This blogging nonsense really has changed my life.

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Homeopathy: There's Nothing In It! (The Guardian)

Fri, 01/29/2010 - 18:55

Tomorrow, I plan to travel to the centre of London where I will take a huge overdose – in public – consuming an entire bottle of pills.

I will not be alone. I'll be joined by several hundred others in London and around the world who will also be overdosing. No harm will come to us because the pills will be homeopathic, and therefore contain no active ingredient – just sugar.

Continue reading at The Guardian!

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Homeopathy: Overdosing on Nothing (for New Scientist)

Thu, 01/28/2010 - 19:09

AT 10.23 am on 30 January, more than 300 activists in the UK, Canada, Australia and the US will take part in a mass homeopathic "overdose". Sceptics will publicly swallow an entire bottle of homeopathic pills to demonstrate to the public that homeopathic remedies, the product of a scientifically unfounded 18th-century ritual, are simply sugar pills.

Read on at New Scientist!

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Dave Gorman Supports 10:23 on Channel 5

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 18:04

Some of you may know that I'm the press officer for the 10:23 Campaign. It's been a truly crazy week, but moments like this have been incredibly rewarding. 10:23 was featured on The Wright Stuff this morning, and Dave Gorman gave an excellent, clear, and razor-sharp explanation of why we're doing this.

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The MHRA, homeopathy & a clear breach of an EU Directive

Wed, 01/20/2010 - 16:12

The other day, Martin wrote about the MHRA’s label test for Arnica 30C. I think that perhaps he was a touch unfair. This was only a label test, and not intended to be anything else. The purpose is to ensure that the label is clear to consumers (you can’t have patients when the ‘medicine’ is just magic water) and that it accurately conveys what is supposed to be in the bottle.

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