Alternative Medicine

Antimicrobial Resistance, homeopathy and the Soil Association

The Soil Association's goals to protect animal and human health, while caring for the environment, are laudable. So, why do they still lend their support to homeopathy?

Acupuncture remains one of the most enduring pseudo-therapies – even though it does not work

Given there's no reliable evidence acupuncture works, and it has been associated with significant harm, its risks outweigh its benefits.

Institute Question of Science in Brazil: from fighting pseudoscience to advising governments

IQC - born in response to Bolsanaro and forged in the fight against COVID-19 pseudoscience - aims to establish its permanent place in post-Bolsanaro Brazil

The new-age guru who claims cancer can be cured by drawing magic shapes in the air

According to spiritual guru and bestselling author Dr Zhi Gang Sha, Tao Calligraphy can radically better your life, improve your finances... and cure your cancer

The Work of the ‘Münster Circle’

The 'Münster Circle' is an association of multi-disciplinary experts who aim at critically examining issues around alternative medicine

Eat the Sun: an ophthalmologist’s review of a documentary on sun-gazing

"Eat the Sun" puts forward the notion that humans can survive without food, as long as we stare at the sun - unsurprisingly, this is terrible advice

Mas Sajady: the Get Well quantum guru who just wants to know if he makes sense

Despite promising the secret to natural medicine and the ability to stop ageing, Mas Sajady resembles a psychic show without the mysticism

The Festival of Wellness: my first-hand experience of a pseudoscience fair

Visiting mind, body, spirit events like the The Festival of Wellness can be an eye-opening experience, and a valuable insight into a world of woo
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