Alternative Medicine
News, commentary, criticism, analysis, and research from complementary and alternative medicine.
Integrative medicine: Mixing cow pie with apple pie
A recent paper claims to offer a new definition of Integrative Medicine, but does little more than repeat the the same old tropes and special pleading
When it comes to our health, doing nothing is often better than doing something wrong
Most of the time, being proactive can be a good thing, but when it comes to healthcare, doing nothing is better than doing something stupid.
Fecomagnetism: how Spanish alternative therapists promoted our hoax faeces-based cure-all
Two bored Spanish students invented a hoax therapy to demonstrate how misleading alt-med could be... then therapists asked if they could sell it.
Health food stores, a danger to public health?
A Canadian study showed that health food shops were overwhelmingly likely to give misleading advice on cancer - are things any better here?
How the Society of Homeopaths had their accredited status suspended
After years of anti-vaccine misinformation and bogus claims to cure autism, the Society of Homeopaths has lost its accredited status
Kardecism: the fringe spiritualist doctrine which became the soul of pseudoscience in Brazil
Kardecism - an 19th century off-shoot of spiritualism - found fertile ground in Brazil, and grew to wholly undermine trust in science and medicine.
The Outbrain drain: why newspaper sites have run thousands of scam ads
The news media is in an income crisis, but the solution cannot be for newspapers to lend their reputations to scams and fakers
Brazilian Congress turns green – not for the environment, but for homeopathy
Brazil continues to make baffling healthcare decisions, including lighting up the Brazilian congress buildings... in honour of homeopathy