/oss/taxonomy/term/6432/all en /oss/article/critical-thinking-pseudoscience/naprapathy-stretches-credulity <p>Buried in <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/5443677/49/ragsdale-v-central-dupage-hospital/">a court document</a> 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 misinformation over the past few decades. The court case did not involve Mercola but rather a woman he had treated. In her lawsuit against a life insurance company, the plaintiff is described as having been bitten by a tick and contracting Lyme disease.</p> Fri, 02 Feb 2024 12:41:47 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9821 at /oss /oss/article/medical-health-and-nutrition-pseudoscience/neuro-emotional-technique-bizarre-hybrid-chiropractic-acupuncture-and-applied-kinesiology <p>In April of 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a <a href="https://youtu.be/ahU2FP_b9OQ">documentary film</a> premiered on YouTube and its title could not have been more relevant: <i>Stressed</i>.</p> Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9231 at /oss