When I first heard, years ago, that there was a Professor of Complementary Medicine at Exeter University, I was quite excited. At last, I thought, academia is taking complementary approaches seriously! Should have known better, shouldn’t I?
Edzard Ernst is NOT a Professor of Complementary Medicine, because he only ever professes against it! […]
Filed under: Drugs on Trial, The Campaign by Chris
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Even by my forthright standards, this is a provocative title but it is not hyperbole. Former GP and hospital physician Dr Vernon Coleman has published this book, which warns the public that: “The person most likely to kill you is not a burglar, a mugger, a deranged relative or a drunken driver. The […]
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Support continues to pour in daily:
“Have seen the website and it’s great! We were wondering if we could include it in our newsletter website of the month feature? It is very much in line with our thinking… We will also link your site to ours as it’s the sort of information we want potential clients […]
Filed under: The Campaign, The Site by Chris
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I see the drug companies are coming under fire again, this time for stopping clinical trials of anti-cancer drugs early, because of encouraging signs of benefits. They have the bare-faced audacity to claim that their motivation is to get approval as fast as possible - based on short-term effects only - in order to get […]
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This campaign is only a month old, but the response is very encouraging already. Comments so far include:
“Well done on the site - it’s excellent!”
“I feel as strongly about anti-depressants… Someone has to take these people on - as my husband would say, if it wasn’t for the one individual who got the ball […]
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Now I must admit, after four years slogging away at this book, the months it took to publish it and the months we’ve spent creating this site, I was feeling a bit like going far away and sitting in a dark cave for a while. And maybe never coming back.
Of course I do have a […]
Filed under: Hypnotherapy, The Campaign by Chris
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After the article appeared in the Stockport Express in early January 2008, I got an email from Vanessa Williams, Editor of the live Breakfast Show on Channel M (TV for Manchester!), asking if I would like to come on the show and talk about the book. I accepted, and the item was scheduled […]
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I first became fully aware that smoking was not a drug addiction six or seven years ago. My smoking clients would walk in to my office ‘unable’ to stop smoking, and walk out free. How could that be, if they really were addicted to, or dependent on, a drug called nicotine?
The answer was simple: they […]
Filed under: Hypnotherapy, Publicity, The Book, The Campaign by Chris
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