Alternative Medicine

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

Homeopathy

Antimicrobial Resistance, homeopathy and the Soil Association

Robyn Lowe -
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

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

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

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

Natália Pasternak -
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
Alternative Medicine

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

Michael Marshall -
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
Alternative Medicine

The Work of the ‘Münster Circle’

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

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

David Weinberg -
"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
Alternative Medicine

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

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

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

Scott Bringloe -
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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