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A King's Fund report, as reported by Pulse: http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=23&storycode=4123423&c=2 The report itself can be found here: New research methods needed to build evidence base on effectiveness of popular complementary therapies "New research methods needed"...

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/the-price-of-life-ndash-it-was-16320000-now-nhs-drugs-body-recalculates-958708.html I can't wait to see the algorithm used to determine how much blame to attatch to patients and how it will affect the choice of treatments...

...and it looks like a win for the woos. First line treatments are to include spinal manipulation and acupuncture:

It seems that in the NHS, patients are absolutely discouraged from taking up alternative therapies, but only if those therapies are alternative to the NHS's preferred treatments. is the case of a cancer patient who died after paying for a treatment, approved by the FDA, but not permitted to be...

The possibilities are endless. WTF did our unelected lieder mean by that? Nice job on allowing all those people who dint vote for me to die.

I'm sure many of us have been visited at our homes by Jehovah's Witnesses. It seems as if most of the accounts I've read at JREF are described in negative terms and with negative overtones. I've been visited by JWs about 10-20 times in the 10 years I've lived in my current home. I've never...

... let's face it, they don't have much of a practical application. Now this is something that is fashionable and could prove to be a lifesaver some day: http://www.earthbounddog.com/

There is a new function on the NICE site. Anyone can now suggest a topic for appraisal. It is all very well organised, with loads of info to guide us. Why don't we send in some suggestions? We will each have to be very specific, eg homeopathy for flu symptoms etc. They won't look at homeopathy...

sez Yaron Brook. Does the U.S. need to be more ruthless? Is the prize worth the extra destruction? Does America have the stomach for it?

http://homeopathyforums.hpathy.com//forum_posts.asp?TID=2302&KW=chelation Apparently Rolfe's been up to her old tricks there. ;) I also like the recommendation of chelation therapy. As usual, in the parallel universe they inhabit, if sensible people say something is rubbish then they have to...

Or, at least something that sounds nice on first glance. He has really motivated me to get out and vote this year. I'd like to have a picture of him hanging on my living room wall.

For anyone who haven't read it yet, enjoy: http://www.csicop.org/si/2004-05/new-age.html

http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/downloads/wallpapers/

Ok, I dont know about yall, but I'm tired of every thread on the paranormal board being derailed into a "Skeptics vs. Believers" showdown. Play nice, kids. And if you claim that you really do play nice, do me a favor: Dont drink and post. Edited

Kind of long, but this flash animation does an excellent job spelling out the basics of freedom and what it means to have life, liberty, and property: http://jonathangullible.com/mmedia/philosop.swf

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/09/11/satellite.lockheed.ap/index.html Oops.

I was reading another thread where someone mentioned what a pain-in-the-ass born-again christians are. I thought I'd share my own experience with this. I work in a hospital pharmacy. There's about 20 of us here--a dozen full full timers and 8 part timers. Most of us have been here between 5 and...