Its just about coming into allergy season again, so today I am turning my attention to a product I’ve seen for sale in a few pharmacies I’v...

Something that I see a lot in on-line debates about alternative medicine is phrases like “I did my own research” or “people should be allow...

I didn’t know Rachel at all. But I was told her story last night, and all of today I have been thinking about her. I don’t know how old she...

Holistic. It's one of those words that's sure to set any skeptic’s teeth on edge. It's basically a codename for woo, bandied ab...

Ahh. Sunday mornings. They can mean only one thing: bacon. Okay, two things: bacon and tea Whoops, no let's make that three things: baco...

Imagine you're twelve years old. You're on the cusp of adolescence, a time where you start to move away from the comfort and prote...

You know of Rescue Remedy, right? You probably had an aunt who would constantly swig a drop for her nerves, or might have even taken some be...

So today has seen some great news for rationality, science, and above all patients. The ASA has announced this ruling , leading to the Socie...

You might have noticed that Holland and Barrett, the high street's most proliferative purveyor of pointless supplements, homeopathic, an...

If you're buying a new TV, how do you go about it? My guess is that you probably have a look around the shops or internet, find a model ...

When its cold and dark outside, I like nothing more than snuggling on the sofa under my blanket with a good book or a film. Some would even ...

In February 2013, my friend Nancy and I delivered a Newcastle Skeptics in the Pub talk entitled Homeopathy: Where's The Harm? As a fol...

The sad news about Iain Banks has gotten me thinking today. I'll be honest here and say I've never read any of his books (so many ...