Homeopathy or a horse on the NHS? Only one is rational

There has been derision about the way personal health funds are being used. Critics have got the wrong target

Belle Gibson: wellness blogger’s mum says cancer story was just a ‘white lie’

Natalie Dal-Bello says people are allowed to ‘tell little porky pies’ as she attempts a reconciliation with her daughter and grandson

Don’t call believers in homeopathy idiots – it will push them further from science

Those attacking Jeremy Corbyn for supporting the NHS provision of homeopathy are helping to entrench the perceived elitism of mainstream medicine

Autism: how unorthodox treatments can exploit the vulnerable

A diagnosis of autism can make it tempting to turn to alternative treatments. But weighing up the scientific evidence is crucial - and potentially life-saving

Belle Gibson: court asked to compel her to assist with consumer affairs inquiry

Victoria’s consumer watchdog is investigating the business dealings of the disgraced blogger who said alternative therapies and diet cured her cancer

Belle Gibson still insists she believed she had cancer, says Channel Nine

Disgraced wellness blogger still ‘claims unscrupulous natural therapists duped her into believing she was dying’, according to promotional material for 60 minutes interview

Andy Burnham assured Prince Charles over complementary medicine plan

Then health secretary told prince in 2009 he was keen to move forward on study about integrating complementary medicine with standard healthcare

Prince Charles’s ‘black spider memos’ show lobbying at highest political level

Publication of 27 letters after 10-year legal battle shows heir to the throne petitioning ministers on subjects from the Iraq war to alternative therapies

‘None of it’s true’: wellness blogger Belle Gibson admits she never had cancer

Gibson, who built a wellness empire on the back of claims she cured terminal brain cancer through diet and lifestyle, has admitted deceiving her followers

US weighs crackdown on homeopathic remedies over ‘significant safety issues’

Hearings to conclude on Tuesday into whether reported concerns including loss of sense of smell are cause for greater regulation of booming industry