We are about half way through 2015 which is an opportune occasion to again check how research-active the various branches of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) currently are. To get a rough ...

Robert F Kennedy Jr. is, as we all know, the United States secretary of health and human services. He went to Harvard, graduating in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts in American history and literature.He ...

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 ...

The INTELLIGENCER recently published an interesting article that summarizes several issues and arguments we previously raised ...

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 ...

Sorry, but this post has nothing at all to do with so-called alternative medicine - I hope you find it nonetheless ...

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, ...

Carissa Klundt, a 41 year old mom-of-three from Las Vegas, decided to start treatmentsto fix her sore back. She had attended three appointments with her chiropractor before a substitute practitioner ...

Retractions occur when a paper is found to be flawed due to errors, plagiarism, data fabrication, peer-review fraud or other misconduct. On this blog, we have seen our fair share of such things.