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The recent damning conclusions from the House of Commons Evidence Check on homeopathy, calling for NHS funding for the prescribing of homeopathic remedies to be stopped, has thrown homeopathy into the news again. And, of course, the media spotlight carries with it the utterly idiotic approach of bringing “both sides” of the argument as though, [...]

Being a passive supporter of the British monarchy (let me clarify: in principle I’m not particularly in favour of the system but in the UK at least it appears to work well and I find the current situation much more preferable than some of the alternatives) I allow myself a little grin when Prince Charles [...]

This post has been updated with an addendum.
I didn’t dream it after all.
Anvisa (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária, or the National Health Surveillance Agency), have approved the use of a homeopathic medicine to treat sufferers of dengue fever in Brazil. So says this story from Estadao (rough translation here), as well as this earlier news [...]

A couple of nights ago, I heard a brief mention on a BBC World Service news bulletin that the Brazilian government had approved the use of homeopathic medicine for treating Dengue fever. It made me sit bolt upright in bed in disbelief.
Unfortunately, that was the extent of the story. Out of the blue, and with [...]