Alternative Medicine

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Alternative Medicine

John Harvey Kellogg: the ‘Biologic Living’ theories of the inventor of corn flakes

Edzard Ernst -
Latterly famous for his breakfast cereal invention, John Harvey Kellogg was a religious zealot, eugenicist, and highly prominent early 20th Century quack
Cancer cures

A cancer treatment derived from ancient Chinese calligraphy ink?

Alice Howarth -
It might seem far-fetched to say ancient ink can help us treat cancer, but as a promising study showed, sometimes science can surprise us
Acupuncture

The World Health Organisation is misguided in its handling of ‘traditional’ medicine

Michael Marshall -
The WHO is right to say we should respect indigenous, 'traditional' medical knowledge - but proper respect means applying scrutiny and rigour
Reiki

My trip to the Reiki Clinic where I learned I suffer from a magnesium deficiency

Dave Hahn -
According to a Magnesium Balm product, magnesium deficiency is widespread - and its symptoms are broad enough to apply to essentially everyone
Alternative Medicine

“What Nonsense!” – unpacking popular pseudosciences for a Brazilian audience

Carlos Orsi -
As pseudoscience flourishes in Brazil, What Nonsense! by Carlos Orsi and Natalia Pasternak seeks to redress the balance, and push back against irrationality
Alternative Medicine

So-called alternative medicine and vaccine hesitancy

Edzard Ernst -
Many people who turn to alternative medicine are also vaccine hesitant - both factors are related to a distrust of, and lack of access to, mainstream medicine
Alternative Medicine

Charles appoints alt-med fan Dr Michael Dixon as Head of the Royal Medical Household

Edzard Ernst -
Though largely unnoticed, Charles' appointment of alt-med advocate, Dr Michael Dixon, as Head of the Royal Medical Household may be telling
Alternative Medicine

How should alternative medicine practitioners be regulated?

Edzard Ernst -
If alternative medicine practitioners are to be effectively regulated, they can't regulate themselves - but nor can they be given special treatment by governments
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