Alternative Health: Opposing Views

Alternative medicine and quackery: what various alternative healing methods exist? For what diseases? Mainly critical viewpoints.

Healthcare-related communications from Nancy Yanes-Hoffman.

Offers an a question and answer dealing with the safety of alternative medicines.

Article by Stephen Barrett debunks chiropractic hocus-pocus by visiting a chiropractor undercover as a patient.

A science writer's guide to debunking pseudoscience, the paranormal, homeopathy, and other far out claims of alternative medicine.

Personal opinion about James Davidson, proprietor, currently under a 63 count indictment in Tennessee for fraud for claiming to cure cancer.

A brief biography and summary of techniques of the psychotronic healer Nicolai Levashov. Also a reply to critics and skeptics of his methods.

A Christian viewpoint on hypnotherapy.

A database of negative testimony.

Nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. Information on quackery, questionable therapies and products.

A review article from the British Medical Journal on Alternative and Complementary medicine.

A skeptical guide to homeopathy. Homeopathic "remedies" are usually harmless, but their associated misbeliefs are not.

Examines alternative (complementary) medicine from an evangelical Christian viewpoint using objective science and biblically based criteria.

Defends that the content of coral calcium is not very different from calcium carbonate you find in supplements as Tums.

Uncovers promoters of quackery and those who lie about the dangers of vaccines. A list with a several hundred fundamental websites, commentaries on fraudulent organisations and sites, hate-mail from uncovered quacks, tributes and awards.

Information on the dangers of Herbal products. Some can be harmfull to peoples health.

Richard Dawkins, professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, notes that alternative medicine is defined as that set of practices that cannot be tested, refuse to be tested or consistently fail tests.

Skeptical information on alternative medicine in general and articles on several specific types.

Support and pressure group in the UK for victims of Complimentary Therapies and in particular Chiropractic. Case studies, support and advice.

Skeptical articles on alternative medicine topics by Gary Posner.

Web site presenting the dangers of chiropractic treatment, along with stories of litigation, fraud and bogus claims.

Information on diagnoses one can really observe in the eye, and why iridology is fraud.

Systemic reviews, meta analyses and generall information on alternative medicine from the Oxford University.

Discussion on assessment and testing of treatments and information for the public why only thoroughly tested treatments are safe. Non-profit organization in the UK.

Definitions and essays on alternative medicine ideas and practices with references to the best skeptical literature.