Siouxsie Wiles • Jan 19, 2012 •
Last weeks series in the NZ Herald on ‘alternative relaxation and remedies’ got quite of few of us peeved here at Sciblogs. I can’t speak for everyone but I’ll tell you why I objected. Because I strongly feel that articles like that do readers a potentially life-threatening disservice. Let me explain. Over five days we were introduced to a … Read More
Darcy Cowan • Jan 13, 2012 •
So here I am, again latching onto the brilliance of others and writing my own counterpoint to the nonsense that is currently being run in the NZ Herald under the “Alternative Therapies” summer fluff. Previously Alison kicked us off by looking at the use of medicinal leeches, as did Siouxsie, and Michael took on Ayurvedic [...] … Read More
Michael Edmonds • Jan 12, 2012 •
This week the New Zealand Herald is running a series of articles on what they describe as “alternative therapies”. Siouxsie and Alison have already expressed their concerns regarding some of the early articles so I thought I would follow suit and take a look at today’s article on Indian Ayurveda. The first thing to point out is that the term … Read More