Alternative Medicine

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Alternative medicine for animals: why we should keep quacks away from our furry friends

Edzard Ernst -
A recent systematic review looked at the use of 24 alternative medicine modalities on cats, dogs, and horses. The results were less than impressive.
Alternative Medicine

The Nuremberg salt test: how homeopathy failed one of the earliest ever scientific trials

Sean Slater -
One of the earliest ever randomised control trials took place in 1835, when skeptical physicians put the new-fangled homeopathy to the test
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
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