Edzard Ernst

Edzard Ernst

@edzard.bsky.social

Physician, researcher (H-Index=154) of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM), tri-lingual author, blogger (edzardernst.com), emeritus professor (Uni Exeter, UK), patron of Humanists UK, lives in UK + France (posts are often citations)

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Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy

Jared Kushner is cashing in on your government's influence. It’s the biggest conflict of interest in history, happening in broad daylight.

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‘The perfect target’: Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years – ex-KGB spy The KGB ‘played the game as if they were immensely impressed by his personality’, Yuri Shvets, a key source for a new book, tells the Guardian

Remember the conspiracy theory about Trump being a Russian plant! Given everything that has gone on in the past 4 years, this now seems more plausible. The Russians plan for the long haul. They think in terms of decades. It makes sense to me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...

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Ist heute nicht viel anders

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"Het succes van homeopathie is voornamelijk te danken aan de tekortkomingen van de reguliere geneeskunde. Dit was al zo in de tijd van Stifft, en het is nog steeds zo, nu veel te veel reguliere artsen niet inzien hoe belangrijk tijd, medeleven en empathie zijn voor de genezing van patiënten.

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Even aanzien is vaak een goed advies maar "niets doen" vinden mensen lastig, en daar maken "alternatieve" behandelingen zoals homeopathie misbruik van

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Andreas Joseph von Stifft and the Ban of Homeopathy In the early 19th-century Austrian Empire, few figures held as much power over the physical and institutional health of the state as Dr. Andreas Joseph von Stifft (1760–1836) - after all, he was the p...

Andreas Joseph von Stifft and the Ban of Homeopathy edzardernst.com/2026/03/andr...

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Andreas Joseph von Stifft and the Ban of Homeopathy In the early 19th-century Austrian Empire, few figures held as much power over the physical and institutional health of the state as Dr. Andreas Joseph von Stifft (1760–1836) - after all, he was the p...

Andreas Joseph von Stifft and the Ban of #Homeopathy edzardernst.com/2026/03/andr...

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Andreas Joseph von Stifft and the Ban of Homeopathy In the early 19th-century Austrian Empire, few figures held as much power over the physical and institutional health of the state as Dr. Andreas Joseph von Stifft (1760–1836) - after all, he was the p...

Andreas Joseph von Stifft and the Ban of Homeopathy edzardernst.com/2026/03/andr...

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The effects of multivitamin–multimineral and cocoa extracts on aging edzardernst.com/2026/03/the-...

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Regulation of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) in different countries The regualtion of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) differs from country to country which can and does cause a lot of confusion. Here are very brief summaries of some of the countries that I know ...

Regulation of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) in different countries edzardernst.com/2026/03/regu...

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Regulation of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) in different countries The regualtion of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) differs from country to country which can and does cause a lot of confusion. Here are very brief summaries of some of the countries that I know ...

Regulation of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) in different countries

edzardernst.com/2026/03/regu...

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“The idea that a civilization might destroy itself is both ludicrous and likely.
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We are pathetically inadequate at long-term planning, idiotically primitive in our destructive urges and pathologically incapable of simply getting along."

- Brian Cox

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Not even the Nazis expressly announced they were committing war crimes. Indeed, at Nuremberg war crimes were denied.

But here, openly, the US Secretary for Defense is explicitly admitting to committing war crimes.

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Rachel Maddow: “The U.S. economy under Trump lost 92,000 jobs last month — over the past year, while Trump's been in office, the country has lost nearly 100,000 manufacturing jobs—

Gas prices have now spiked as high as they've ever been while he’s been president — with the worst still to come”

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Während Trumps Militär im Iran beschäftigt ist: Grönland überfällt USA Nuuk, Washington (dpo) - Das hat Trump jetzt davon, dass er immer mehr Truppen in den Nahen Osten gegen den Iran entsandt hat: Wie Satellitenaufnahmen

Während Trumps Militär im Iran beschäftigt ist: Grönland überfällt USA www.der-postillon.com/2026/03/groe...

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Impeachment Charges Filed Against Pam Bondi, A Trump Nomination Derailed With One Question, and Dem Stuns In Georgia’s Reddest District Plus, the SAVE Act continues to get crushed in the Senate as Trump sabotages his own agenda

Plus, the SAVE Act continues to get crushed in the Senate as Trump sabotages his own agenda

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Pete Hegseth claims Iran’s leaders are ‘rats’ in hiding Defense secretary described Iran’s new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, as the ‘so-called not-so-supreme leader’ who is ‘wounded and likely disfigured’

Irate Pete Hegseth claims Iran’s leaders are ‘rats’ in hiding and demands a ‘patriotic press’ rewrite headlines

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Make it make sense...

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White Phosphorus – what harm does it cause? White phosphorus is a wax-like chemical substance that ignites spontaneously when exposed to oxygen. It burns at extremely high temperatures and continues to burn as long as it is exposed to air. Usin...

White Phosphorus - what harm does it cause? edzardernst.com/2026/03/whit...

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The effects of multivitamin–multimineral and cocoa extracts on aging Large-scale randomized trials have found that multivitamin–multimineral (MVM) supplements and cocoa flavanols may benefit several age-related chronic conditions among older adults, but it remains uncl...

The effects of multivitamin–multimineral and cocoa extracts on aging edzardernst.com/2026/03/the-...

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