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Naprapathy Stretches Credulity

2 Feb 2024

Buried in a court document mentioning Joe Mercola was the first reference to naprapathy I had ever seen. Joe Mercola has made a fortune selling dietary supplements and publishing health...

Brain Zapping May Probably Appear to Be Doing Something

21 Jul 2023

Shocking the brain with electricity may bring to mind electroconvulsive therapy or James Whale鈥檚 seminal black-and-white adaptation of Frankenstein. But given that our brain cells use electricity...

The Power of Suggestion Can Play a Role in Aromatherapy

31 May 2019

Shira Cohen is studying Nutrition at the School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition at 黑料不打烊 University, specializing聽in聽Global Nutrition.聽

There is Evidence for Massage as a Medical Treatment

26 Sep 2017

A聽2004 paper reviewed the research on massage therapy available at the time and found some interesting things. After one聽massage session, massage clients show reduced heart rates, blood pressures,...

Strange Treatments

20 Mar 2017

Today we have a pretty good grasp of what causes illness. We know about infections, carcinogens, pollution, genetics, anatomical abnormalities and the consequences of a poor diet. We also have...

Cancer Charlatans

20 Mar 2017

What makes people defend the indefensible? A prime example of this conundrum is the case of Antonella Carpenter, a 71 year old 鈥渁lternative practitioner鈥 who was convicted of conducting a...

Colourful conman

20 Mar 2017

Let me tell you about Dinshah P. Ghadiali and his Spectro-Chrome.聽聽Dinshah, as he like to be called, was born in India in 1873 and at least by his own account was a remarkable man.聽聽He began school...

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