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Byline: Loretta Marron

Loretta Marron OAM BSc

From a Skeptics Perspective: Loretta Marron, a science graduate with a business background, was Australian Skeptic of the Year for 2007 and in 2011. She is the Chief Executive Officer of the Friends of Science in Medicine and that organisation won Australian Skeptic of the Year for 2012. On Australia Day 2014 she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM ) for “service to community health” Loretta edits the websites www.healthinformation.com.au & www.scienceinmedicine.org.au

The National Centre for Research on Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIM) – What is it?

November 30, 2015 <a href="http://i2p.com.au/authors/loretta-marron/" rel="tag">Loretta Marron</a> 2

The National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) recently changed its name. It replaced the word ‘Alternative’ with ‘Integrative’, to reflect both the “growth […]

Crazy, cruel cancer ‘cures’

November 2, 2015 <a href="http://i2p.com.au/authors/loretta-marron/" rel="tag">Loretta Marron</a> 0

Some cancer patients, ignoring medical advice, are choosing ‘natural’ approaches to their disease. Steve Jobs (co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc), Penelope Dingle, Sharyn […]

“Bite Back Campaign” – a toothy tiger?

October 5, 2015 <a href="http://i2p.com.au/authors/loretta-marron/" rel="tag">Loretta Marron</a> 3

Water fluoridation is one of the 20th Century’s most important advances in public health. It has been successfully practised for more than 70 years. However, […]

Vitamin C Infusions – where’s the evidence?

August 30, 2015 <a href="http://i2p.com.au/authors/loretta-marron/" rel="tag">Loretta Marron</a> 0

Soon after finding an engorged tick in my hair, during a recent visit to northern New South Wales, I found myself nursing a sore head […]

Bogus bed wetting interventions

August 3, 2015 <a href="http://i2p.com.au/authors/loretta-marron/" rel="tag">Loretta Marron</a> 0

I was recently contacted by a general practitioner who specialises in treating children who wet their beds. He raised concerns that he was seeing an […]

Weasel words, fuzzy phrases and other chiro “cons”

June 29, 2015 <a href="http://i2p.com.au/authors/loretta-marron/" rel="tag">Loretta Marron</a> 0

Claims advertising therapeutic services, unless supported by high level evidence, can mislead. With many chiropractors suggesting that spinal manipulation can alter the course of childhood […]

When it comes to cancer – who are the brave ones?

June 1, 2015 <a href="http://i2p.com.au/authors/loretta-marron/" rel="tag">Loretta Marron</a> 0

The recent death of Jessica Ainscough, the ‘Wellness Warrior’, sparked headlines that she was ‘brave‘. Suffering from a rare, slowly growing cancer, she rejected a […]

The truth about herbal ‘medicines’

May 4, 2015 <a href="http://i2p.com.au/authors/loretta-marron/" rel="tag">Loretta Marron</a> 3

Herbal medicines have been defined as “an unknown dose of an ill-defined drug, of unknown effectiveness and unknown safety“. Now under the spotlight by regulators […]

Wondrous Wiggly Worms!

March 30, 2015 <a href="http://i2p.com.au/authors/loretta-marron/" rel="tag">Loretta Marron</a> 3

Human evolution and parasitic infections have run hand-in-hand since antiquity. Humans can be hosts to nearly 300 species of parasitic worms. Some cause death, suffering […]

Fish oil – is it on the nose?

March 2, 2015 <a href="http://i2p.com.au/authors/loretta-marron/" rel="tag">Loretta Marron</a> 0

Considerable confusion and many unsubstantiated beliefs abound when it comes to fish oil supplements. An estimated one in four Australians currently take them for a […]

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