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Does HeadOn Work?

The short answer is, no. HeadOn is a product marketed by Miralus Healthcare, and pushed by an aggressive TV ad campaign. Its claims are, for all intents and purposes, homeopathic bits of mumbo jumbo. Any efficacy, based on ingredients, can only be thanks to the placebo effect.   First, to believe the product works as advertised, [...]

Posted 20 October 2008 § ‡ View Comments °

What is Homeopathy?

Quite simply, homeopathy is bunk. Nonsense. Magical thinking.  Its a complex series of mystical beliefs and practices that amount to believing water will hold the “energy” of whatever substance it comes in contact with — even after that substance is gone. This, coupled with a like-cures-like mentality leads to some seriously flawed thinking. Boiling it down, [...]

Posted 17 October 2008 § ‡ View Comments °

NJCVC – Purveyors of Nonsense

What is NJCVC? So in honor of all the recent attention my blog has attracted from NJ anti-vaccinationists, I thought I’d take a moment to point out what NJCVC really is: A coalition of, at best, misinformed parents, and at worst, intellectually dishonest fear mongerers.  A quick look at their web page finds that if [...]

Posted 17 October 2008 § Health ‡ View Comments ° Tagged: , , ,