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Should we be skeptical of homeopathy research conducted in India? A look at the evidence

Edzard Ernst -
Research from India is more favourable to homeopathy than studies from anywhere else in the world - which should give us cause to be suspicious
Acupuncture

New NICE guidelines on chronic pain fall woefully short – and not just because of the acupuncture

Alice Howarth -
Chronic pain patients need evidence-based care - instead, new NICE guidelines offer them patronising messaging, paternalism, and acupuncture
Alternative Medicine

Integrative medicine: Mixing cow pie with apple pie

Edzard Ernst -
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
Alternative Medicine

When it comes to our health, doing nothing is often better than doing something wrong

Natália Pasternak, Carlos Orsi -
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.
Alternative Medicine

Fecomagnetism: how Spanish alternative therapists promoted our hoax faeces-based cure-all

Fernando Cervera -
Two bored Spanish students invented a hoax therapy to demonstrate how misleading alt-med could be... then therapists asked if they could sell it.
Alternative Medicine

Health food stores, a danger to public health?

Edzard Ernst -
A Canadian study showed that health food shops were overwhelmingly likely to give misleading advice on cancer - are things any better here?
Homeopathy

How the Society of Homeopaths had their accredited status suspended

Michael Marshall -
After years of anti-vaccine misinformation and bogus claims to cure autism, the Society of Homeopaths has lost its accredited status
Alternative Medicine

Kardecism: the fringe spiritualist doctrine which became the soul of pseudoscience in Brazil

Natália Pasternak, Carlos Orsi -
Kardecism - an 19th century off-shoot of spiritualism - found fertile ground in Brazil, and grew to wholly undermine trust in science and medicine.
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