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In the BMJ there has been an interesting discussion on the merits of CAM, with rational scientists like David Colqhoun leading the fight (but getting voted down for doing so) http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e1075?tab=responses Responses are in inverse posing order.

This week's British Medical Journal had a great review of denialism and its detrimental effects on health. "How the growth of denialism undermines public health" Characteristics of denialists:

I don't know what to make of George Lewith. For those who haven't encountered him before, he's the other UK Professor of Complementary Medicine, funded by the same Laing Foundation as Edzard Ernst. He's done a number of trials of homeopathic actions, always got negative results and always...

The BMJ has published a review which suggests that magnet therapy is ineffective. No abstract is currently available, but the first 150 words can be seen here The story has been covered by the BBC: Perhaps someone associated with The British Instute of Magnet Therapy would care to comment?

This week's BMJ features some articles on SCAM following on from the recent PoWales/Smallwood report, including an editorial which is rather ambivalent, I think http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/331/7521/856 Nothing about establishing whether the things work in the first place I...