> I thought you might be interested in contributing to the spiked/Wellcome
> Trust online debate 'COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE: WHY IS
> CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE NOT ENOUGH?', and in attending the related public
> event being held in central London on the evening of Wednesday 15 June 2005.

>    The 'COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE' online debate can be found
> on spiked at:
>
>    http://www.spiked-online.com/cam

>    The 'COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE' public event is taking place
> at:
>
>  - 6.30pm for 7pm (complimentary drinks at 6.30pm)
>    Wednesday 15 June 2005
>
>  - Shepherd Hall
>    St Thomas' Hospital
>    Lambeth Palace Road
>    London SE1 7EH
>
>  - Map
>    http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newprint.srf?x=530620&y=179339&z=1
>
>  - Further details
>    http://www.spiked-online.com/event
>
>    Four lead pieces have been published as part of the online debate, and
> three of these experts will be speaking on the panel at the 15 June public
> event:
>
>  - DR PETER FISHER, clinical director of the Royal London Homeopathic
> Hospital, argues that 'for some clinical problems, conventional treatments
> are not fully effective'.
>    http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CAB80.htm
>
>  - MARK HENDERSON, science correspondent at The Times (London), argues that
> 'any perceived benefit of homeopathy or reflexology arises purely from the
> placebo effect or the regressive fallacy'.
>    http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CAB6A.htm
>
>  - CHARLES PITHER, medical director of the RealHealth Institute, argues that
> 'conventional medicine has forgotten the primal aspects of caring'.
>    http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CAB68.htm
>
>  - MICHAEL BAUM, emeritus professor of surgery at University College London,
> argues that 'in the past 200 years we have learnt much about the exquisite
> mechanisms of the body'.
>    http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CAB69.htm
>
>    We welcome any views that you have on this issue, and that you would like
> to submit in response to the debate.
>
>    The debate, while moderated, is open to contributions from anybody, and
> all contributions will be permanently archived. To submit a contribution,
> simply click on 'Join the debate' in the right-hand menu at:
>
>    http://www.spiked-online.com/cam