Alternative Medicine
News, commentary, criticism, analysis, and research from complementary and alternative medicine.
Beyond COVID-19: the issues skeptical activists across Europe are facing
COVID-19 is understandably getting all the headlines, but there are plenty more fronts in the pan-European battle against pseudoscience.
Therapy on tap: Thought Field Therapy offers superficial solutions to deep disturbances
Proponents claim remarkable results from Thought Field Therapy and Emotional Freedom Technique, but the evidence tells a different stor
One small step at a time, the alternative medicine industry is radicalising people
The alternative medicine industry has built up an ecosystem that efficiently radicalises its devotees into extreme positions
Our manifesto against pseudoscience in health challenges alt-med at a global level
Pseudoscience is a global phenomenon - if we want to protect the public in our individual countries, it will take global action.
From the outset, chiropractors have held anti-vax views – sadly, not much has changed
Despite overwhelming evidence vaccines work, many chiropractors focus unduly on the risks, and refuse to recommend them to patients
Institute of Biomedical Science falls for the Traditional Chinese Medicine hype
The September issue of Biomedical Scientist magazine ignores the real story in their rose-tinted history of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Rectal ozone therapy: Brazil’s latest COVID-19 pseudoscience
Brazil's rectal ozone therapy may sound ridiculous, but the reach of the pseudoscience movement is no joke
Chiropractors love to claim their treatments are ‘individualised’, but they’re wrong
Although practitioners like to claim chiropractic is individualised, in reality patients are offered the same treatment plan, whatever their complaint
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