Fighting medical nonsense
1 August 2015
Every second Thursday in Wellington a group of eager skeptics meet in a local pub and work on Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) complaints and other skeptical activism topics.
Articles tagged with "advertisement"
Standards, Authorities and Complaints
1 August 1999
This title of a modest advertisement in the Sunday Star-Times last September caught my eye. Two statements in the ad surprised me: the first, that "usually only three treatments are needed", ie, it is implied that the therapy is a cancer cure, and the second, "...we are currently arranging a scientific Control Group with the Ministry of Health".
Eternal Life - Courtesy Time/Life
1 May 1996
When I received through the mail a coloured brochure from Time/Life advertising a series of videos and cassettes titled "Growing Younger", I was surprised to see that I could learn from Time/Life via their series how to develop an "ageless body". In addition I could learn to "help reverse ageing" and that the series could "open the door to a life free from the effects of aging" (sic).
Psychic's lotto claim debunked
1 February 1989
Astrological betting systems which claim to win on Lotto are bunkum, according to a group which investigates the unexplained.
Code of Ethics (extracts)
1 May 1988
The N.Z. Federation of Spiritual Healers (Inc)