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Alternative Medicine

Controversy over Afro-Brazilian practices exposes the Brazilian alt-med glass ceiling

Carlos Orsi -
Afro-Brazilian healing traditions are rightfully omitted from Brazilian healthcare systems - and other pseudoscientific treatments should be, too.
Alternative Medicine

If pseudoscience actually worked, scientists would be first in line to profit

Slava Amanatski -
Scientists don't reject pseudoscience because there is no profit in it - scientists would thrive on having novel fields to explore
Alternative Medicine

From the archives: the ‘Synchro-Energiser’ – a pseudoscientific panacea?

Michael Heap -
From the archives in 1992, psychiatrist Mike Heap looks at the Synchro-Energiser, a high-tech computer-driven 'brain balancer'.
Alternative Medicine

Are nanoparticles a turning point for homeopathy? Don’t count on it

Edzard Ernst -
A new paper posits the nanoparticle theory of homeopathy in an ongoing quest to find a mechanism of action for the pseudoscientific treatment
Nutrition

Why is Tesco’s free recipe magazine telling me about the health benefits of sea moss?

Alice Howarth -
When even supermarket recipe magazines are leading with health tips about sea moss, we need to stop treating wellness claims as "content"
Cancer

Preventing British Supplements’ health claims isn’t an infringement of free speech

Michael Marshall -
Wellness company British Supplements uses customer reviews to try to avoid regulations around misleading claims of products treating "C****R"
Wellness

Sungazing, or staring directly at the sun, is definitely not good for your health

Alice Howarth -
'Sungazing' - the social media trend of staring at the sun during sunrise or sunset - evokes ancient wisdom, but risks causing serious vision damage
Cults

Looksmaxxing: the pseudoscientific aesthetic answer to young men’s problems

Marcus Yeo Jun Hao -
Online 'looksmaxxing' communities offer young men dramatic techniques to improve appearances, as quick fixes to deeper personal insecurities.
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