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FSM Newsletter No 15: This newsletter highlights FSM’s recent activities.

Professor Brian Cox: “It’s Very Difficult To Argue With An Idiot”: His new book “Universal: A Guide To The Cosmos” discusses how to apply the scientific method to the world around you.

The Three … [Read more...]

A Current Affair’s “ADHD breakthrough”: Bona fide news or unethical advertising?:
Vitamin and nutritional supplement company, Blackmores, has been in trouble in China recently, reportedly incurring an AUD 65,000 fine after some of its marketing material was found to have breached Chinese “Truth in Advertising” … [Read more...]

Health authorities issue warning about clinic supplying controversial cocktail of diet drugs: Australian patients are being warned about taking cocktails of controversial weight loss drugs being offered by doctors linked to a failed medical clinic.

Special Investigation: Science Denial: With the unprecedented increase in … [Read more...]

PM Turnbull takes hard stance on vaccinations:  Malcolm Turnbull is confident his plan to ban unvaccinated children from childcare centres and pre-schools will be enforced Australia-wide. The prime minister has written to state and territory leaders asking them to support a http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2017/03/12/pm-turnbull-takes-hard-stance-on-vaccinations.htmlnational policy and more … [Read more...]

Monitoring hepatitis C treatment uptake in Australia: Hepatitis C will be eradicated in Australia by 2026, researchers predict.

Don’t Do This: 156 Medical Practices That Are All Failures:  One problem is that people are easily fooled by self-interested con artists selling snake oil: homeopathy and

Shonky supplements ‘science’ a cash cow: The Four Corners (ABC) report on complementary supplements showed unequivocally that multivitamins are a waste of money and just create “very expensive urine”. The Australian Medical Association president also says there is a lack of evidence showing multivitamins work.… [Read more...]

Sorry, alternative health people: feeling better after a therapy is no proof it works: Every day, alternative health practitioners see patients who improve after receiving their treatment and feel it is wrong to doubt their experience. For them, the proof of the pudding is in … [Read more...]