Ten years and $2.5 billion shows “alternative” medicines don’t cure jack shit.
In news that will likely fail to dissuade folks who buy into the whole alternative medicine nonsense, the report from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine says that just about...
View ArticleAll the world’s woo-woo couldn’t cure man of his hiccups.
As if we needed yet more proof that homeopathy, acupuncture, and all the rest of the woo-woo “alternative” medicines don’t really help, here’s a story about a man who suffered from the hiccups for...
View ArticleNew study warns that herbal supplements and medicines don’t always mix well.
What’s the harm, the question goes, if herbal supplements don’t actually help cure anything? Well, they could kill you if you’re on certain types of real medications: Researchers are warning that...
View ArticleDaniel Hauser’s father now has leukemia.
Remember Daniel Hauser, the (at the time) 13-year-old illiterate kid out of Minnesota who was ordered by the court to get chemotherapy to treat his cancer over the protests of his alt-med preferring...
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New study concludes that “colonic irrigation” does not work and could be...
I'm right there with you on that one, Chuck. It seems shoving a hose up your ass and flooding your bowels with water doesn’t have any practical health benefits at all. Not only that, but according to...
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Yet another study shows using magnets for arthritis doesn’t do shit.
This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone with half a brain, but there’s yet another study that shows slapping a magnet on your arthritic joints won’t do anything other than lighten your wallet. From...
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Dr. Oz will never let your health get in the way of his ratings.
The popularity of celebrity doctors always baffles me. Whether its Dr. Phil — whose license to practice psychology has been retired since 2006 — or, more recently, Dr. Oz. In all fairness I have to...
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A new meta-study shows Homeopathy is still bullshit.
It boggles the mind that in 2015 there are still people out there who buy into the idea of Homeopathy. That’ll be $150, kthxbai! As a refresher, it’s an “alternative medicine” predicated on the belief...
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Alberta couple who let son die of meningitis found guilty.
David and Collet Stephans Back in 2012 an Alberta, Canada couple were brought up on charges of “failing to provide the necessaries of life” after their 19-month old son died of meningitis. It seems...
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