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Report calls for end to federal funding for study of alternative medicine

In Culling Non-Science From Scarce Medical Resources, Eugenie V. Mielczarek and Brian Engler examine all NCCAM research between 2000 and 2011, and find no discoveries that justify spending taxpayer dollars to maintain its existence.

In 1992, Congress allocated $2 million for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Alternative Medicine. Seven years later, in 1999, the Office of Alternative Medicine evolved into a fully independent…

November 22, 2011 / 3 Comments / Read More

Prayer cannot cure HIV: churches’ deadly “miracle cures” must be stopped

October 20, 2011 1 Comment

Pastors prescribing prayer to “cure” people with HIV have been criticised as ‘irresponsible’ by a former Health Minister, and the British Humanist Association (BHA) today has said more needs to be done to protect people from dangerous and false claims by evangelical churches which encourage people with HIV/AIDS to stop taking their medication.

The Humanist Miracle

October 10, 2011 6 Comments

One of the leading arguments for the existence of supernatural power is sometimes called the “argument from miracles.” There are many reports of phenomena contrary to generally accepted scientific principles, that are taken as evidence for a power that can bend nature to its will – a deity.

Even Muslims are caught up in 2012 paranoia

October 3, 2011 No Comment

Not content to leave 2012 prognostication and paranoia to Westerners, a Muslim numerologist has leapt full-force onto the 2012 bandwagon with “evidence” that the Qur’an predicts death and destruction in that same year. Or something, anyway.

CFI and CSI petition FDA to take action on homeopathic “drugs”

August 31, 2011 No Comment

CFI and CSI have filed three separate petitions with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking that agency to address various aspects of the marketing of homeopathic drugs.

CFI and CSI have filed three separate petitions with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking that agency to address various aspects of the marketing of homeopathic drugs.

In its industry-wide petition,…

Pay for prayer? Christian Scientists demand Oregonians fund “spiritual health care”

August 1, 2011 10 Comments

The Christian Science church demands that the State of Oregon’s healthcare exchange require insurance plans to pay for “spiritual health care” — that is, prayer — alongside real medicine.

Why do more children die when Pentecostals are around?

July 26, 2011 No Comment

The US has a persistently high infant mortality rate when compared with other wealthy nations. The reasons for this are partly understood – poverty is a major risk factor for childhood death, and it’s believed that the high levels of income and racial stratification could be to blame. Problems with health are infrastructure are also thought to contribute.

Maddow Helps Expose Rick Perry’s Radical Ties

July 11, 2011 1 Comment

On Friday, Rachel Maddow looked into the extreme political activists and pastors that Texas Governor Rick Perry is working with to put on his The Response prayer rally.

Rick Perry partners with pastor who thinks Oprah is paving the way for the Antichrist

July 11, 2011 2 Comments

Right Wing Watch has documented the close ties between Gov. Rick Perry’s The Response prayer rally and the International House of Prayer (IHOP). IHOP’s founder, Mike Bickle, predicts that progressive Christians and humanitarian activists will work with Oprah to create a unified one-world religion, paving the way for the “antichrist”.

Dr. Barton Recommends Getting Your Healthcare Advice Straight From The Bible

June 28, 2011 No Comment

Last week, I stumbled upon a video on YouTube of a presentation David Barton made at a Citizens for Community Values banquet earlier this year and decided to watch it. But by now, I have seen Barton’s standard presentation so many times that…

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Report calls for end to federal funding for study of alternative medicine

Prayer cannot cure HIV: churches’ deadly “miracle cures” must be stopped

The Humanist Miracle

Even Muslims are caught up in 2012 paranoia

CFI and CSI petition FDA to take action on homeopathic “drugs”

Pay for prayer? Christian Scientists demand Oregonians fund “spiritual health care”

Why do more children die when Pentecostals are around?

Maddow Helps Expose Rick Perry’s Radical Ties

Rick Perry partners with pastor who thinks Oprah is paving the way for the Antichrist

Dr. Barton Recommends Getting Your Healthcare Advice Straight From The Bible

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