German academic physician and researcher (born 1948)
Edzard Ernst
Edzard Ernst
Born
(1948-01-30) 30 January 1948 (age 76)
Wiesbaden, Germany
Alma mater
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Known for
Scientific study of alternative medicine
Awards
John Maddox Prize 2015
Scientific career
Institutions
University of Exeter
Edzard Ernst's voice
recorded September 2015
Website
edzardernst.com
Edzard Ernst (born 30 January 1948) is a retired British-German academic physician and researcher specializing in the study of complementary and alternative medicine. He was Professor of Complementary Medicine at the University of Exeter, the world's first such academic position in complementary and alternative medicine.
Ernst served as chairman of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) at the University of Vienna,[1] but left this position in 1993 to set up the department of Complementary Medicine at the University of Exeter in England. He became director of complementary medicine of the Peninsula Medical School (PMS) in 2002. Ernst was the first occupant of the Laing chair in Complementary Medicine, retiring in 2011. He was born and trained in Germany, where he began his medical career at a homeopathic hospital in Munich,[2] and since 1999 has been a British citizen.
Ernst is the founder of two medical journals: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies (of which he was editor-in-chief until it was discontinued in 2016) and Perfusion.[3] Ernst's writing appeared in a regular column in The Guardian, where he reviewed news stories about complementary medicine from an evidence-based medicine perspective.[4] Since his research began on alternative modalities, Ernst has been seen as "the scourge of alternative medicine" for publishing critical research that exposes methods that lack documentation of efficacy.[5] In 2015 he was awarded the John Maddox Prize, sponsored jointly by Sense about Science and Nature, for courage in standing up for science.[6]
^Davis, Nicola (19 October 2014). "Edzard Ernst: outspoken professor of complementary medicine". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
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EdzardErnst (born 30 January 1948) is a retired British-German academic physician and researcher specializing in the study of complementary and alternative...
Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine. 3 (2). Ernst, E. "The HealthWatch Award 2005: Prof. EdzardErnst: Complementary medicine: The good the bad and...
and Brokmerland EdzardErnst (born 1948), academic physician and researcher specializing in complementary and alternative medicine Edzard Koning (1869–1954)...
of the individual studies that made up the analysis. In October 2012, EdzardErnst conducted a systematic review of randomized clinical trials of craniosacral...
Now—Here's Why Doctors Definitely Don't Want You to Try It". Health.com. Commentary on the practice by academic physician and researcher EdzardErnst v t e...
physicians, and philosophers, including Michael Shermer, Michael Ruse, EdzardErnst, David Gorski, and Simon Singh have criticized anthroposophy's application...
homeopathy closed in 1920. According to academics Paul U. Unschuld [de] and EdzardErnst, the Nazi regime in Germany was fond of homeopathy, and spent large sums...
Cornelia Ernst, German politician EdzardErnst, German-British academic Emil Ernst, astronomer Ernie Ernst (1924/25–2013), American judge Eugen Ernst (1864–1954)...
on Trial (about complementary and alternative medicine, co-written by EdzardErnst) and The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets (about mathematical...
limitations among the studies. In 2001 the lead author of that study, EdzardErnst, published a primer on complementary therapies in cancer care in which...
illness is subject to karmic destiny. Professor of complementary medicine EdzardErnst and other physicians and scientists including Simon Singh and David Gorski...
(1st Touchstone ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780684838694. EdzardErnst (15 January 2001). "A primer of complementary and alternative medicine...
misalignments in the spinal column and other joints. Medical researcher EdzardErnst has described the Dorn method as "totally bogus" and "pure nonsense."...
College London (UCL), has described homoeopathy as a "cruel deception". EdzardErnst, the first professor of complementary medicine in the United Kingdom...
pseudoscience and has been characterized as quackery. Science writer EdzardErnst offers this definition: "Rolfing is a system of bodywork invented by...
clinical proof that it provides any benefit. In a 2003 review, physician EdzardErnst characterized kombucha as an "extreme example" of an unconventional remedy...
Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2013. EdzardErnst (14 October 2012). "A telling story about "alternative" cancer cures...
which can damage the ear canal. Professor of Complementary Medicine EdzardErnst wrote about ear candles: "There is no data to suggest that it is effective...
similars.[citation needed] In a 2002 database review of randomized trials EdzardErnst concluded: The hypothesis that flower remedies are associated with effects...
apparent benefits of cupping treatments are discussed by Simon Singh and EdzardErnst in their 2008 book Trick or Treatment. As a pseudoscientific detoxification...
Controversial". EdzardErnst (February 8, 2014). "The alchemists of alternative medicine – part 5: pseudo-systematic reviews". EdzardErnst. Ernst, E (June 2009)...
Hodgepodge". Science-Based Medicine. Ernst, Edzard (11 January 2013). "Gua Sha: torture or treatment?". Edzardernst.com. EdzardErnst. Archived from the original...
doctors should use the placebo effect to enhance effective medicines. EdzardErnst has argued similarly that "As a good doctor you should be able to transmit...
untested treatments. Simon Singh, a recognized British science writer, and EdzardErnst, a former Professor of Complementary Medicine at the University of Exeter...
Much of What We're Told Is Wrong (Biteback, 2013) ISBN 9781849544993 EdzardErnst: Healing, Hype or Harm?: A Critical Analysis of Complementary or Alternative...
criticized as "criminal" and "not supported by any kind of evidence" by EdzardErnst. The McGill University Office for Science and Society pointed out that...
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