“Think Inc” AND “Michael Shermer and the Believing Brain”
Two big Skeptical Events in Melbourne on Sunday September 18th and Monday September 19th respectively!
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Day: September 1, 2011
September 2011 Puzzles
Picture Puzzles and Mixed Bag Questions for September 2011 have been added to our Puzzles and Diversions page.
September 2011 Crossword here: http://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/september-2011-crossword/
Links to all Crossword puzzles: http://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/crosswords-links-to-all-crosswords/
Puzzles Archive 1: http://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/puzzles-archive/
Puzzles Archive 2: http://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/puzzles-archive-2/
Flogging a Dodgy Cancer “Cure”? Say What You Like, the TGA Won’t Stop You
by Dr Mick Vagg, Clinical Senior Lecturer at Deakin University School of Medicine & Pain Specialist at Barwon Health
This article has been reprinted from The Conversation website where it appeared on 1/9/2001.
If a manufacturer claimed its product was “clinically proven” and could relieve your symptoms of bloating and fatigue, would you believe it? What about if you were chronically or terminally ill and had tried almost everything else?
The latest audit of complementary therapies found as many as nine out of ten companies made misleading claims about their weight loss products, vitamins, lotions, pills and gadgets.
The release on Tuesday of the Australian National Audit Office’s (ANAO) report on the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s (TGA)
performance as regulator of complementary medicine products makes for alarming reading. View More Flogging a Dodgy Cancer “Cure”? Say What You Like, the TGA Won’t Stop You