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Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 2

Continued from Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1 The Myths (Part 1) … Myth 1: 98% of all studies in this area were ignoredMyth 2: Cass recommended no Trans Healthcare for Under 25s.Myth 3: Cass is demanding only Double Blind Randomised Controlled Trials be used as evidence in “Trans Healthcare”Myth 4: There were less than 10 detransitioners out of 3499 patients in the Cass study. The Myths (Part 2)… Myth 5: The Cass Review is worthless because it is not Peer ReviewedMyth 6: The proposed service is based on the idea that [read more...]

Sex and Gender

Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1

It has now been just little under a week since the publication of the long anticipated NHS independent review of gender identity services for children and young people, the Cass Review. The review recommends sweeping [read more...]

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Top Ten Tips For Creating Your Own New Alternative Medicine

by Andy L in featured 29

The economic downturn may mean that you are thinking of retraining as an alternative healer. You might be tempted to invest your redundancy money or savings in training courses and equipment. Think again. It may be far cheaper and much more lucrative to invent your own brand new form of [read more...]

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What Doctors Don’t Tell You – A Publishing Sensation

by Andy L in featured 335

Hot on the heels of the new killer magazine What Doctors Don’t Tell You we are seeing an explosion of new titles trying to mimic its success. Here is the original and a raft of copycat titles. Enjoy. If the original has disturbed you, and the associated threats to [read more...]

The Muddling of the American Mind: Part I

23rd July, 2022 76

In a recent blog post on the web site Science Based Medicine, Steven Novella asks the question “What does the science actually say about biological sex?” His motivations are made quite clear in the opening [read more...]
On the existence of females

8th June, 2020 53
The Capture of Nature

3rd September, 2020 50
Tribal Scepticism

3rd January, 2020 22
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1

14th April, 2024 21

What Every Parent Should Know About Steiner-Waldorf Schools

2nd November, 2012 483

You may know my feelings about Steiner/Waldorf Schools*. Most importantly, that prospective parents are not being told about the occult foundations of the Steiner philosophy. You may think that the mystical, spiritual and esoteric movement [read more...]
Frome Steiner Academy: Absurd Educational Quackery

27th February, 2012 401
Steiner Schools: An Alternative to Education.

14th November, 2012 347
Steiner Academy Exeter: Misleading Choices

28th March, 2013 292
Steiner Academy Bristol, A Challenge: Be Open With Parents

8th January, 2013 252

On the The Reckless Physicking of Amateur Females.

16th November, 2010 35

It would appear to be important for homeopaths to show how the rich, blue blooded and famous are supporters of homeopathy. One might suggest that in lieu of meaningful scientific evidence for homeopathy, appeals to [read more...]
The Magnetic Therapy Water Wand: A Debunking from History

8th June, 2010 19
Of the Imagination, as a Cause and as a Cure of Disorders of the Body

3rd June, 2011 9
John Wesley and The Origins of the Natural Health Movement

14th November, 2009 41

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