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Labia peels: it is a very bad idea to apply chemicals to your labia in the name of beauty

Alice Howarth -
The sale of labia peels - caustic chemicals to apply to the genitals to lighten the skin - is a dangerous example of the pressures on women to look 'perfect
Alternative Medicine

São Paulo government boasts about how much money it wastes on alternative medicines

Carlos Orsi -
An advertorial paid for by São Paulo government proudly declared its continued support for a wide range of unproven and disproven treatments
Alternative Medicine

An awareness of your body is useful, but the Alexander Technique probably isn’t

Alice Howarth -
Any benefits attributed to Alexander Technique are more than likely to be the results of exercise - the expensive programme itself is mostly an exercise in marketing
Health

Papaya and milk – the traditional Asian solution to breast augmentation

Rachel Ooi -
Societal pressures on women to have the perfect figure have led to all manner of proposed breast augmentation solutions - including, in TCM, drinking papaya mixed with milk
Nutrition

False diagnoses like ‘adrenal fatigue’ offer us simplistic solutions to our stressful lives

Alice Howarth -
According to wellness influencers, so many of our symptoms are caused by adrenal fatigue - a false diagnosis, that stops us questioning the real stresses in our lives
Homeopathy

Research into homeopathy: data falsification, fabrication and manipulation

Edzard Ernst -
Michael Frass's study raised eyebrows when it appeared to show homeopathy improved outcomes for cancer patients - until it was proven to be the result of data falsification
Psychology

Could ASMR be a possible explanation for some new age and spiritual experiences?

Mark Horne -
Reports of autonomous sensory meridian response, or ASMR, bear a striking resemblance to the way some people describe their experience of reiki... and of religion
Acupuncture

Dragons’ Den has a quackery problem that goes far beyond ear seeds

Michael Marshall -
While recent attention has understandably been on Dragons' Den's promotion of ME/cfs quackery, the BBC show's flirtation with pseudoscience runs much deeper
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