Science Based Health

The Society for Science Based Healthcare. NZ advocacy group dedicated to your right to informed consent.

Tweets by @HonestUniverse (^M1) and @markhoney (^M2)

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If you see health ads using the word "supports", know they do it for plausible deniability. Like @RedSealNZ here: https://t.co/8vftRGSIpv

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HRV is pleading guilty to charges that they made misleading claims, including misleading claims that their water filters can improve skin conditions https://t.co/ht1yZQsWo0

[RNZ - Nine To Noon @ninetonoon]

Online personalised supplement services "It seems like a tool to sell supplements rather than a tool to help people make informed decisions on their healthcare "@SBHNZ @HonestUniverse https://t.co/1NcJyplx8D

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Our submission on the Medical Council's proposed revised statement on complementary and alternative medicines https://t.co/bSpS8BLNTT

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@RebekahWh @HonestUniverse @michelle_duff @jmnicholls Getting it that protection would require incorporation into the HPCA Act. Not sure what the process there is, but legislative change is slow

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@RebekahWh @HonestUniverse @michelle_duff @jmnicholls So long as it's not protected, it's important that it's common knowledge that it's not at least. And journalists should know better

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@HonestUniverse @RebekahWh @michelle_duff @jmnicholls Ben Warren is certainly a worry. Here he is promoting the bogus idea of "adrenal fatigue": https://t.co/gEbEUVML3N

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@RebekahWh @michelle_duff "leading New Zealand clinical nutritionist"

Sharing @jmnicholls' article about that title won't hurt: https://t.co/33bwNGAbLP

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@RebekahWh @michelle_duff Haven't yet found a foolproof way to stop Stuff treating quacks as experts. If you find one, let us know!

In the meantime, press council?

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ASA complainy by M Taylor settled vs Bowen Wellbeing for Women, which withdrew misleading claims about Bowen Therapy https://t.co/7iAC2S9tmi

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ASA complaint by M Taylor settled vs Bowtech, which withdrew misleading claims about Bowen Therapy https://t.co/m1HJBrDhPv

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ASA complaint by @honestuniverse settled vs Claire Bleakley, who promised not to repeat a misleading homeopathy ad https://t.co/3b6tFFr0zJ

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Naturopathy under microscope after cancer sufferers speak from under shadow of death https://t.co/3jsjUmVS6n

[RNZ - Nine To Noon @ninetonoon]

▶ Should alternative medicines/supplements be sold & promoted by pharmacists to complement evidence-based medicine? https://t.co/iDCQ9mjVrd

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ASA complaint by @markhoney settled vs KZY Real Massage, who removed their Facebook page about reflexology https://t.co/dyksQa7ukh

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ASA complaint by @danielryan0 settled vs Johnson & Johnson: withdrew claims that Band-Aids "Heal cuts twice as fast" https://t.co/9FtJtNwzVd

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ASA complaint by M Tahuhu settled vs Mama Blossom Tonics, whose misleading health ad was removed by Facebook https://t.co/srRPG3Z2Zf

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ASA complaint by M Taylor settled vs Bowen & Bach Flower Clinic, who withdrew misleading health claims https://t.co/YHSDmwERsW

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Read our submission on the Pharmacy Council's draft revised code of ethics (submissions close 5pm August 18) https://t.co/COTzT5lZvh

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.@NZMAchair continues to strongly oppose the sale of ineffective health products in pharmacies https://t.co/jrwirs0XMY

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.@NZMAchair: "selling non-evidence based medicines next to evidence-based medicines legitimises them" https://t.co/TNTE8q5Fzk