Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Kambo, which originated as a folk medicine practice among some indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin, is also administered as a complementary medicine and alternative medicine treatment in the West, often as a pseudoscientific cleanse or detox. The ceremony involves burning an arm or leg and applying the kambo secretion directly to the burn.
A prominent example noted by Radford is a systematic review published in the British Medical Journal showing that paracetamol is ineffective for lower back pain and has minimal effectiveness for osteoarthritis. [3] [45] In his 2012 book Bad Pharma, Ben Goldacre heavily criticises the pharmaceutical industry but rejects any conspiracy theories ...
Ruth Beymer Drown (October 21, 1891 – March 13, 1965) [1] born in Colorado was an American alternative medicine practitioner, chiropractor and proponent of radionics.She invented radio devices which she claimed could cure any patient in the world, just from blood-sampling.
The website Science-Based Medicine goes even further, claiming: "No other show on television can top The Dr. Oz Show for the sheer magnitude of bad health advice it consistently offers, all while giving everything a veneer of credibility." [3] What follows is a selection of claims lacking scientific evidence.
On June 15, 2021, [29] Science-Based Medicine published a book review of Abigail Shrier's Irreversible Damage written by founding editor Harriet Hall. [30] In her review, Hall wrote that Shrier's book had raised legitimate concerns about the science surrounding drug treatments for gender dysphoria in children and that there was a lack of quality scientific studies on the subject. [30]
Ryke Geerd Hamer (17 May 1935 – 2 July 2017) [1] was a German former physician and the originator of Germanic New Medicine (GNM), also formerly known as German New Medicine and New Medicine, a system of pseudo-medicine that purports to be able to cure cancer. [2]
HeadOn claims to relieve headaches using homeopathy, [14] a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine based on diluting active ingredients. [ 13 ] [ 16 ] No clinical trial has ever shown that HeadOn or any of its active ingredients provide headache relief.
Breast enlargement supplements are frequently portrayed as being a natural means to increase breast size, and with the suggestion that they are free from risk. [1]: 1330 The popularity of breast enlargement supplements stems from their heavy promotion [1]: 1330 toward women.