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Most recent annotations on things by David Tredinnick

  • Ali Bridge: I am new to this site but got directed via Ben Goldacre's excellent bad science website. Being a science teacher and currently reading Goldacre's book 'Bad Science' I am astounded that... (2 weeks, 5 days ago)
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  • David Batley: I've not heard of Radionics before, but an introduction is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radionics Double-blind trials can be done for these kinds of treatments by comparing patients... (3 weeks ago)
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  • Tony Williams: I'm not sure that David Tredinnick has grapsed the concept of evidence based medicine. He claims that "it is no good people saying that just because we cannot prove something, it does not work".... (3 weeks, 4 days ago)
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  • Tony Williams: David Tredinnick states that the letter sent to the WHO ignores "very clear randomised, double-blind trials that proved that it (homeopathy) is effective in the particular area of childhood... (3 weeks, 5 days ago)
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  • Richard Wilson: David Tredinnick asserts that the GCC has been bombarded with "spurious" complaints from bloggers about UK chiropractors. What Tredinnick chooses not to mention here is that many of these... (23 October 2009)
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  • Alex Hudson: You can read more about the effects of the Moon at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_effec t. Essentially, Mr Tredinnick's claims about the police and health service are folklore and... (16 October 2009)
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  • Steven Margetts: "another issue is the introduction of evidence-based practice, which tries to specify the way in which professionals or other decision makers should make decisions." Fancy wanting to make... (11 August 2009)
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  • Carol Boyce: I agree that Mr Tredinnick should have stayed away from issues like AIDS and malaria if only to prevent the previous comments from distracting debate from the issue in question, namely patient... (21 February 2008)
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  • J Cole: "There are similar problems with acupuncture and its acceptance, as some doctors and commissioners do not necessarily believe in meridians." Yes, it really is disgraceful isn't it. Apparently,... (21 February 2008)
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  • Mark Curry: This is a very very dangerous speech to make - there is no evidence to show the efficacy of homeopathy and associated quack 'treatments and therapies'. At best such 'treatments' are no better... (21 February 2008)
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  • S Flower: I am stunned by this MP's references to homeopathy being effective against HIV, AIDS, malaria and TB. These claims have no foundation whatsoever and the continued spreading of these endangers the... (20 February 2008)
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  • B Justice: The inaccuracies in this speech are so large and dangerous that it boggles the mind. Just to take one point, there is absolutely zero evidence that Homeopathic medicines are effective against... (20 February 2008)
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  • Ben Blackburne: "Those hospitals have a total budget of £6 million per annum. The total NHS budget is £742 billion per year. So the homeopathic hospitals' budget is just under 1 per cent. of the total. I will... (12 December 2006)
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  • Ben Blackburne: Mr Tredinnick appears to be a little confused about homeopathy, which is odd since he seems to be such a huge supporter of it. He talks about 6C and 30C potencies, when he doesn't know what they... (12 December 2006)
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  • Mr Raymond Neal: I am passionately in favour of Food Supplements (Vitamins/minerals etc:) as I am now in my late 70s and feel 50. This I must say is due to the said supplements. I have discovered Vitamin D and... (17 November 2006)
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  • Christopher King: Excellent. More of our MPs need to find the backbone to work in British interests. I'm curious about where all those Tory secret loans came from too. The Tories backed the Iraq war amazingly fast... (21 September 2006)
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  • c. wardle: Well done Mr Tredinnick. You're more in touch with the national sentiments than Blair. (29 July 2006)
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  • A Oliver: Thank you God. This subject is well overdue and I think the only way to save face now is by arresting Blair and Levy for treason. (26 July 2006)
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  • Marc Levine: Do you not think Israel, who is in the front line of Islamic Terrorism, shouldn't be allowed to defend herself when attacked regardless whether it upsets our "Arab friends"? (25 July 2006)
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  • pete marrable: About time this was brought up. This government seems determined to kill off our armed forces. They continue to slash their funding whilest over committing them. They seem determined to sink the... (24 October 2004)
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