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The debate about chiropractic


For a primer on chiropractic see: Sense About Chiropractic by Professor Edzard Ernst

For a response from the British Chiropractic Association see: The British Chiropractic Association presented its evidence that chiropractic is useful for certain childhood ailments on 17th June 2009. Read it here.

The following bloggers have examined the evidence presented by the BCA   (Sense About Science has not studied all these external sites thoroughly):

For an overview on how to analyse the evidence:

Dr Petra Boynton: An overview and guide on how to analyse the papers

Holford Watch: What would constitute good evidence?

The Lay Scientist: A general overview of the quality of the evidence



For a discussion of the papers: Gimpy’s blog: A review of the ear infection papers

Professor David Colquhoun: A detailed look at the nine colic papers

Ministry of Truth: A general review focusing on three of the colic papers

Evidence Matters: A review of the paediatric asthma papers

Apgaylard: A review of the bed-wetting papers


For general commentary:

Jack of Kent: General commentary and legal background

Nature blog The Great Beyond: A roundup of the evidence and the coverage

jdc325’s Weblog: General comment on the BCA statement

Phil Plaits Bad Astronomy blog: An overview of the BCA statement and aftermath

Think Logic: General comment on the BCA statement

Zeno’s Blog: A look at the BCA’s quote-mining of the GCC code



    Last updated: October 07 2009

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