Alternative Medicine

News, commentary, criticism, analysis, and research from complementary and alternative medicine.

Alternative Medicine

Brazil’s bogus “Covid kit” represents a failure of private healthcare regulation

Natália Pasternak -
Investigations show doctors were pressured to prescribe "early treatment protocol" Covid kits made up of unproven, ineffective interventions
Alternative Medicine

Romance in the stones? The power of crystals vs the power of suggestion

Chris French -
Crystal healing continues to undergo a resurgence in popularity, but when put to the test, believers can't tell the difference between a real crystal or a fake
Alternative Medicine

How alternative medicine radicalises believers into Qanon conspiracy theories

Dave Hahn -
The alt-med world is filled with Implied conspiracy theories, which train believers to accept global cover-ups as true - paving the way for Qanon belief.
Alternative Medicine

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.
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