The National Centre for Research on Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIM) – What is it?
The National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) recently changed its name. It replaced the word [...]
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
Crazy, cruel cancer ‘cures’
Some cancer patients, ignoring medical advice, are choosing ‘natural’ approaches to their disease. Steve Jobs [...]
“Bite Back Campaign” – a toothy tiger?
Water fluoridation is one of the 20th Century’s most important advances in public health. It has been successfully [...]
Vitamin C Infusions – where’s the evidence?
Soon after finding an engorged tick in my hair, during a recent visit to northern New South Wales, I found myself nursing a [...]
Bogus bed wetting interventions
I was recently contacted by a general practitioner who specialises in treating children who wet their beds. He raised [...]
Weasel words, fuzzy phrases and other chiro “cons”
Claims advertising therapeutic services, unless supported by high level evidence, can mislead. With many chiropractors [...]
When it comes to cancer – who are the brave ones?
The recent death of Jessica Ainscough, the ‘Wellness Warrior’, sparked headlines that she was [...]
The truth about herbal ‘medicines’
Herbal medicines have been defined as “an unknown dose of an ill-defined drug, of unknown effectiveness and unknown [...]
Wondrous Wiggly Worms!
Human evolution and parasitic infections have run hand-in-hand since antiquity. Humans can be hosts to nearly 300 species of [...]
Fish oil – is it on the nose?
Considerable confusion and many unsubstantiated beliefs abound when it comes to fish oil supplements. An estimated one in [...]
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