Herbal Medicine & Homeopathy Under Attack (Again!)

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Professor seeks out the truth about 'quackery'

Published Date: 15 January 2010

There's nothing that makes Prof Colquhoun's blood boil more than hearing

claims about wonder pills or herbal remedies which can cure anything from gout

to cancer.

In his eyes, the only thing that is worse than these claims is the teaching of

such theories at universities under the guise of a " science degree " .

And it was his desire to find out what exactly was being taught to students on

the BSc (hons) homeopathy degree at the University of Central Lancashire in

Preston that started a three-year mission to unearth the truth.

Prof Colquhoun, 73, who is a pharmacologist at University College London, says:

" As a pharmacologist, it is part of my job to find out what works and what

doesn't.

" The problem with alternative medicine is that it is more like superstition and

religion than science. I would argue that it is actually an 'anti-science'.

Teaching these ideas as a science degree is mis-education.

" The purpose of universities is to teach critical thinking, but these courses

teach uncritical thinking. " ...