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Category Archives: Alternative Medicine

Small Study of Reflexology Finds Nothing, Headline Should Read

May 16, 2013

This post was originally published on Randi.org If alternative medicine wants to be taken more seriously, the studies must be …

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CAM and the Language Problem

August 9, 2012

In graduate school I completed a literature review on the use of oppositional language in medicine. Ever the skeptic, I …

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The Great “Detox” Deception

July 10, 2012

Perhaps it is a product of the “green/natural/organic” movement, but there seems to be a war on chemicals in the …

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New screening of Chinese medicine finds toxic plants, endangered animals

April 16, 2012

Medicine based on assumptions According to a new study published in PLoS Genetics, Chinese herbal “medicines” contain some frightening ingredients. …

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Degrees in Nonsense Dropped from UK Universities

January 11, 2012

You’ve Got a Degree in Baloney At least some universities have come to their senses: From this year, it will …

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Research Blip: Doctors and nurses more likely to use “alternative medicine” than the general population

August 20, 2011

The News U.S. health care workers, especially doctors and nurses, use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) far more than do …

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The Antioxidant Craze: Do They Work?

August 13, 2011

“Antioxidants don’t work, but no one wants to hear it.” Simply put, we have no evidence that antioxidants are beneficial …

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Colon Cleansing: No benefit and dangerous

August 4, 2011

The News Colon cleansing has been described as a natural way to enhance well-being, but Georgetown University doctors say there’s …

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