Friends of Science in Medicine
Press releases issued by FSM.
There is concern the pharmaceutical companies will bury COVID-19 treatments and vaccines in a thicket of patents, making them unaffordable to the … [Read more...]
On 11th March, FSM released a statement concerning the appointment of Professor Jon Wardle to the Maurice Blackmore Chair of Naturopathic Medicine at Southern Cross University (SCU) at Lismore. Here we provide Professor Wardle’s response to our statement.
Friends of Science in Medicine (FSM) President, Assoc Professor Ken Harvey MB BS (Melb), FRCPA, AM congratulates Professor Jon Wardle, nurse and naturopath, with postgraduate qualifications in public health, law and health economics, on being appointed to Southern Cross University’s … [Read more...]
FSM has issued the following press release regarding the regulation of chiropractors.
The internet has led to media being swamped by ‘fake news’ but it has also led to the Australian public being swamped by ‘fake medicine’.
Following widespread alarm at the video of chiropractor … [Read more...]
The government’s decision to withdraw financial support for a host of ‘natural’ therapies has been greeted with acclaim by one of the nation’s foremost bodies arguing for an end to government-sponsored pseudoscience.
Friends of Science in Medicine (FSM) has campaigned for seven years for the government to stop subsidising supposed health … [Read more...]
Government legislation and the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) are supposed to protect Australians when they purchase medicines. Prominent health authorities are warning that the Federal Government is trying to bypass these important safeguards.
The Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill is currently under review by a Senate
ANZAAS Medal for Ken Harvey
15 August 2016
The Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) Medal for 2016 has been awarded to Dr Ken Harvey, MBBS FRCPA, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria.… [Read more...]
Acupuncture Found to be Pointless
25 July 2016
Complementary and Alternative Health practices are increasingly under scrutiny as government looks for ways of cutting waste from the nation’s escalating health budget. Removing treatments and medicines that don’t work is an obvious starting point.
A recent … [Read more...]
Health Care Watchdog endorses concerns about integrative medicine
21 March 2016
Friends of Science in Medicine, (FSM) has endorsed the concerns about Integrative Medicine, published today in the Medical Journal of Australia.
The analysis by Professor Edzard Ernst, a leading international authority on complementary … [Read more...]