Alternative Medicine

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

Alternative Medicine

Regardless of good intentions, there should be no place for Reiki on the NHS

Michael Marshall -
The NHS endorsing a charity-funded Reiki practitioner role only serves to legitimise quackery and deny patients the opportunity of effective support and care
Alternative Medicine

Spending time outdoors is healthy and great – we don’t need to sell it as “forest bathing”!

Brian Eggo -
Forest Bathing might be good for you... but so is general time spent outdoors in nature - we don't need to medicalise it and monetise it.
Alternative Medicine

Fighting health misinformation can save lives, and stop vulnerable people being exploited

Edzard Ernst -
Anti-vaxxer Barbara O'Neill planned to hold a UK workshop, but international collaboration between skeptics stopped her from spreading her health misinformation.
Alternative Medicine

The Get Well show proved that for its fans, even when pseudoscience fails, it succeeds

Michael Marshall -
Lynne McTaggart's talk at her recent Get Well show was filled with tales of pseudoscience failing... yet she saw only more incredulous successes
Alternative Medicine

As pet owners increasingly turn to CBD products, do claims match the evidence?

Robyn Lowe -
Despite growing popularity, the evidence for CBD efficacy in our pets is still in its infancy – meaning these products should not be used before seeking veterinary attention
Cancer cures

The Mail Online declared arsenic a “miracle cure for cancer” – I’ll wait to see some evidence

Alice Howarth -
We should be wary of claims that arsenic is a miracle cure for cancer - especially when those claims are made by a private biotech companies with skin in the game
Alternative Medicine

Being Reasonable: what we can learn from people who hold fringe beliefs

Michael Marshall -
When it comes to engaging with fringe beliefs, it's important to remember that people don't change their mind overnight, or based on one conversation
Chiropractic

Chiropractic’s life-saving claims are just another flight of fancy

Edzard Ernst -
A viral post from a chiropractor claiming to have saved the life of an airline passenger further demonstrates that alt-med practitioners have no idea of their own limitations
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