This is by far the most frequently asked questions I get when giving lectures or joining discussions about so-called alternative medicine (SCAM). People usually hope for an easy answer with perhaps 2 ...

Kay Allison "Kate" Shemirani (born 1965) is, according to Wikipedia, a British conspiracy theorist, anti-vaccine activist and ...

It has been reported that a chiropractor has been sentenced to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $2.3 million in restitution for Medicare fraud. A federal jury in Peoria had convicted ...

Yes, we have met him before. Recently, I came across Vickers again though one of my recent posts describing the story of a young Cambridge student who died following his advice. Vickers describes ...

Robert F Kennedy Jr. is, as we all know, the United States secretary of health and human services. He went to Harvard, graduating in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts in American history and literature. He ...

This review aimed to analyze the effects of laughter-inducing therapy on anxiety, pain, and stress in children by synthesizing existing randomized clinical trials (RCTs). The researchers conducted a ...

I recently received the following comment on a post from 2022 on King Charles and Laurence van der Post: I doubt that Van der Post was the original influence on Charles to adhere to alternative or ...

Chiropractic spinal manipulation (CSM) is the hallmark treatment of chiropractors worldwide. Close to 100% of patients consulting such a practitioner will receive CSM. While often promoted as safe, ...

Regular readers of this blog will know of my long-standing concerns regarding the trustworthiness of research, particularly when it originates from China. I have addressed these issues many times, e.g ...

This systematic review aimed to map and summarize the existing literature on the use of osteopathic manipulative techniques (OMT) in the management of acute otitis media (AOM) in pediatric patients, ...