An alternative healer who advocated “slapping therapy” to treat a range of maladies has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the death of a 71-year-old diabetic woman who stopped taking ...

A company founded by Prince Charles was reprimanded by UK regulators earlier this year for making unsubstantiated claims about the efficacy of three of its herbal remedies. The Advertising ...

There is currently a weak process of checking claims made in advertisements for medicines, to ensure they don’t mislead or deceive consumers -this could be abandoned if a bill passes parliament.