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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Hard to believe, but it's true: I am writing this blog now for over 12 years in which time we had well over 3500 posts to discuss. I often wonder what impact all this work had and has. How can I tell?

This double-blind, randomized controlled trial assessed brain activity in epileptic patients exposed to laying on of hands with healing intent, with or without Spiritual connection, and control. It ...

The INTELLIGENCER recently published an interesting article that summarizes several issues and arguments we previously raised on this blog. Let me show you a few excerpts from it: Six months into the ...