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Scratching that irritating infection at the Chiropractors’ Association of Australia’s National Conference

Posted on October 18, 2015 by reasonable hank

The Chiropractors’ Association of Australia is currently winding up its 2015 Annual Conference. The CAA has been very busy in the evidence-PR-mobile in an attempt to stop the likely haemorrhage of members to the new, more evidence-based representative association, Chiropractic … Continue reading →

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CAA's Jennifer Barham-Floreani talking at anti-vaccine chiropractic conference

Posted on March 1, 2014 by reasonable hank

Three months ago I wrote that Jennifer Barham-Floreani – one half of the Australian chiropractic glamour couple, with her husband Simon; members of the anti-vaccine pressure group the Australian Vaccination Network – is to present a talk at the CalJam … Continue reading →

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South Australian chiropractor claims immunisation is the same as rape

Posted on November 12, 2013 by reasonable hank

One of the worst things callous anti-vaccination zealot, Meryl Dorey, has done is to claim this: Court orders rape of a child. Think this is an exaggeration? Think again. This is assault without consent and with full penetration too. Coming … Continue reading →

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Melbourne chiropractor holds screening of anti-vaccine film

Posted on October 2, 2013 by reasonable hank

Many readers would know that I’ve recently completed a fifty post series on Anti-vaccine chiropractors. The series came about because the Chiropractic Board of Australia had decided it had had enough of the embarrassment of anti-vaccine riches in its ranks. … Continue reading →

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Anti-vaccinationist is lead speaker at CAA's National Development Forum

Posted on September 30, 2013 by reasonable hank

I’m developing kind of a soft spot for the Chiropractors’ Association of Australia. If they weren’t all about adjusting babies for no reason, promoting anti-vaccinationism, and pretending to treat invisible, undetectable maladies (subluxations), I’d want to give them all a … Continue reading →

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Australian chiropractors sneaking into hospital wards to manipulate patients

Posted on September 28, 2013 by reasonable hank

Unrestrained hubris is the undoing of many a person. There are no codes of conduct, no interventions which will curtail it. Sometimes only banishment will suffice. To allow hubris to flourish, as has been the norm for chiropractic for so … Continue reading →

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Anti-vaccine chiropractors 50 – the CAA Boards Extravaganza

Posted on September 11, 2013 by reasonable hank

This is the final post in this series. It has to end somewhere, and OCD dictates that it ends on a nice even number. There is enough material in here for maybe six more posts, but, again, OCD dictates that … Continue reading →

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Anti-vaccine chiropractors 1

Posted on August 8, 2013 by reasonable hank

Okay. I’m going to try something different. Anti-vaccinationism is so ingrained in chiropractic that I am going to make this a series of short posts wherein every single time I see an Australian chiropractor do anything related to anti-vaccination guanofication, … Continue reading →

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Some vitally flawed Australian chiropractic

Posted on July 21, 2013 by reasonable hank

I want to introduce you to a Californian chiropractor. His name is Billy DeMoss. I encourage you to visit his Facebook page. There is no way anyone could include all of his anti-science conspiracy theories in one post, so you’ll … Continue reading →

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The Chiropractors’ Association of Australia: the compulsion of anti-vaccinationism

Posted on April 10, 2013 by reasonable hank

Over the last couple of months attention has been brought upon chiropractors and their tendency towards anti-vaccination misinformation. In March, Amy Corderoy wrote this piece in the Sydney Morning Herald, showing that chiropractors were receiving this (on CAA letterhead) Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training from … Continue reading →

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