Comments on: Dore pwned in medical journal: expensive and unproven ‘cure’

By: Dore are in financial trouble – again « gimpy’s blog

Dore are in financial trouble – again « gimpy’s blog — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:43:22 +0000

[...] (here, here and here), have previously covered the collapse of Dore, a business promoting an unscientific and ineffective treatment for dyslexia and other specific learning disorders, into administration and their subsequent reincarnation, fronted by former rugby player, Scott [...]

By: BBC Radio 5 lets Scott Quinnell plug Dore, uncritically « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:00:37 +0000

[...] There is no mention of the lack of good evidence that the Dore treatment is effective. [...]

By: ITV Yorkshire allows Dore to be promoted uncritically « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:08:32 +0000

[...] news bulletin today to an uncritical plug for the Dore treatment for learning difficulties.* The lack of good evidence that the Dore programme works – and the fact that Dore UK went into administration last year – were not enough to [...]

By: The Times and Hopkins allow Quinnell to plug Dore « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:25:10 +0000

[...] The Times and Hopkins allow Quinnell to plug Dore Jump to Comments Sigh. John Hopkins in the Times has given Scott Quinnell substantial opportunity to plug the Dore treatment for specific learning difficulties (which Quinnell has now invested in). Quinnell is a former rugby international, and his current support of Dore does not change the fact that there is not good evidence that Dore works. [...]

By: BBC1 lets Scott Quinnell plug Dore, uncritically « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:51:40 +0000

[...] issues that the segment fails to cover. Among other concerns: – There is no mention of the lack of good evidence that Dore is effective, or the high cost of the programme. – There is no mention that Dynevor, which now owns Dore, was [...]

By: Dore: poor coordination can “spoil your life” « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Sat, 23 May 2009 15:47:49 +0000

[...] to do certain things and one might argue, for example, that for example a tendency to carry out very bad research is a much more serious problem than poor [...]

By: Targets: Aids, Cancer, Autism and Dyslexia « jdc325’s Weblog

Targets: Aids, Cancer, Autism and Dyslexia « jdc325’s Weblog — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:01:13 +0000

[...] a post titled “why are Dore so bad at research”, and HolfordWatch have a post from October 2007 that is headlined “Dore pwned in medical journal: expensive and unproven ‘cure’”. [...]

By: Roy Rutherford (key Dore figure) has a misleading CV « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:44:49 +0000

[...] figure) has a misleading CV Jump to Comments Roy Rutherford – who was Medical Director of Dore, a company selling a ‘miracle cure‘ for various specific learning difficulties – is [...]

By: More Dore: now it’s “Dyslexia and ADHD The Miracle Cure” « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:38:16 +0000

[...] miracle for dyslexia (or any learning difficulty) – a fact that has been repeatedly, and forcibly, pointed out – but that did not stop Dore from extending the claims for his ‘miracle cure’ to [...]

By: Dore UK - brought down by unsustainable debt? « gimpy’s blog

Dore UK - brought down by unsustainable debt? « gimpy’s blog — Mon, 26 May 2008 07:16:52 +0000

[...] It is also surprising to see Wynford Dore claim that his treatment is scientifically proven, as Holfordwatch have reported, academics have cast serious doubt on Wynford’s logic and explanations and the little [...]