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  2. Snake oil - Wikipedia

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    Clark Stanley's Snake Oil. Snake oil is a term used to describe deceptive marketing, health care fraud, or a scam.Similarly, snake oil salesman is a common label used to describe someone who sells, promotes, or is a general proponent of some valueless or fraudulent cure, remedy, or solution. [1]

  3. Mineral Oil for Hair: Benefits, Risks & Alternatives - AOL

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    Risks and Side Effects of Mineral Oil. Mineral oil used in cosmetics and personal care products isn’t considered to be a health risk because the mineral oil is highly refined (purified).

  4. Man had hair samples trashed, sent fake results in $5.9M ...

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    He “defrauded tens of thousands of innocent victims, whose health was put at risk with false allergy and sensitivity testing results,” said a U.S. attorney in New York.

  5. Hair analysis (alternative medicine) - Wikipedia

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    In mainstream scientific usage, hair analysis is the chemical analysis of a hair sample. The use of hair analysis in alternative medicine as a method of investigation to assist alternative diagnosis is controversial [1] [2] and its use in this manner has been opposed repeatedly by the AMA because of its unproven status and its potential for healthcare fraud.

  6. List of topics characterized as pseudoscience - Wikipedia

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    The use of hair analysis in alternative medicine as a method of investigation to assist alternative diagnosis is controversial [235] [236] and its use in this manner has been opposed repeatedly by the AMA because of its unproven status and its potential for health care fraud.

  7. Dermatologists Say These Hair Oils Promote Long, Thick ...

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    Jojoba Hair Oil “One of my favorite hair oils is Badger Jojoba Herbal Hair Oil,” says Diane Madfes, M.D., F.A.A.D., a board-certified dermatologist based in New York City.“I like it because ...

  8. Belle Gibson - Wikipedia

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    Her social media posts have been quoted to allege she had "countless times helped others" to forgo conventional medical treatment for cancer and to treat themselves "naturally", as well as "leading them down natural therapy for everything from fertility, depression, bone damage and other types of cancer".

  9. Quackery - Wikipedia

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    William Donald Kelley (1925–2005), was an orthodontist and a follower of Max Gerson who developed his own alternative cancer treatment called Nonspecific Metabolic Therapy. This treatment is based on the unsubstantiated belief that "wrong foods [cause] malignancy to grow, while proper foods [allow] natural body defenses to work". [ 99 ]