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Our manifesto against pseudoscience in health challenges alt-med at a global level

Fernando Cervera -
Pseudoscience is a global phenomenon - if we want to protect the public in our individual countries, it will take global action.
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From the outset, chiropractors have held anti-vax views – sadly, not much has changed

Edzard Ernst -
Despite overwhelming evidence vaccines work, many chiropractors focus unduly on the risks, and refuse to recommend them to patients
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Institute of Biomedical Science falls for the Traditional Chinese Medicine hype

Brian Eggo -
The September issue of Biomedical Scientist magazine ignores the real story in their rose-tinted history of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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Rectal ozone therapy: Brazil’s latest COVID-19 pseudoscience

Natália Pasternak, Carlos Orsi -
Brazil's rectal ozone therapy may sound ridiculous, but the reach of the pseudoscience movement is no joke
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Chiropractors love to claim their treatments are ‘individualised’, but they’re wrong

Sarah Hearne -
Although practitioners like to claim chiropractic is individualised, in reality patients are offered the same treatment plan, whatever their complaint
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Netflix’s (Un)Well leaves me (un)impressed

Pixie Turner -
(Un)Well's false balance and fence-sitting is a missed opportunity to demonstrate the real harms of the wellness industry
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Conspiracy theorists, anti-vaxxers and alt-med quackery put our pets in harm’s way

Danny Chambers -
Vet Danny Chambers highlights how the aggressive promotion of alternative therapies to prevent and treat animal diseases has become widespread.
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Don’t believe what you think! Examining misinformation about so-called alternative medicine

Edzard Ernst -
What follows is a slightly modified and abbreviated version of the introduction to Professor Edzard Ernst's recently published book, Don't Believe What You Think. Why...
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