Simon Singh is a journalist and scientist who is under threat of a libel action by the British Chiropractic Association.

Singh stands accused of pointing out that there is little (or no) peer reviewed research that supports the BCA's claim that:

manipulating the spine could treat 95% of all diseases, because disease was supposedly caused by blockages in the flow of innate energy along the spine and through the nervous system

I'm no scientist, but it strikes me that, if someone is offering advice about your health, they have a duty to make sure that it is accurate, relevant, evidentially supported and (most important of all) beneficial.

Click on the link below to read Singh's account of the story.