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The Sceptics Dictionary  -
Definitions and essays on alternative medicine ideas and practices with references to the best skeptical literature.
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ABC of Complementary Medicine - What is Alternative Medicine - http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/319/7211/693
A review article from the British Medical Journal on Alternative and Complementary medicine.
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Alternative Medicine - http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/319/7211/693
Scientist Vic Stenger's page on alternative medicine and quackery. Articles on homeopathy, energy healing and the science of prayer.
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Alternative Medicine and Quackery - http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/319/7211/693
Alternative medicine and quackery: what various alternative healing methods exist? For what diseases? Mainly critical viewpoints.
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Anti-Quackery Resources - http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/319/7211/693
A collection of anti-quackery links and tools.
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CINAM - http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/319/7211/693
Examines alternative (complementary) medicine from an evangelical Christian viewpoint using objective science and biblically based criteria.
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Complementary and Alternative Therapies - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
Systemic reviews, meta analyses and generall information on alternative medicine from the Oxford University.
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Complementary and Alternative Therapies - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
Information from the American Cancer Society.
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Debunking the Paranormal - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
A science writer's guide to debunking pseudoscience, the paranormal, homeopathy, and other far out claims of alternative medicine.
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Ebm-first.com - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
Skeptical information on alternative medicine in general and articles on several specific types.
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False Coral Calcium Claims - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
Explains that the content of coral calcium is not very different from the calcium carbonate found in other supplements.
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Health Watch UK - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
Discussion on assessment and testing of treatments and information for the public why only thoroughly tested treatments are safe. Non-profit organization in the UK.
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HealthLink MCW - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
Offers a question and answer dealing with the safety of alternative medicines.
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Herbal Triangle - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
Adverse reactions to alternative herbal remedies and posibility to report them. Site by medical student Lori Anderson.
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HerbalWatch - Consumer Watchdog of the Herbal Industry - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
Information on the dangers of Herbal products. Some can be harmfull to peoples health.
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HomeoWatch - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
A skeptical guide to homeopathy. Homeopathic "remedies" are usually harmless, but their associated misbeliefs are not.
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Hypnosis and Hypnotism - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
A Christian viewpoint on hypnotherapy.
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Iridology - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
Information on diagnoses one can really observe in the eye, and why iridology is fraud.
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Medicine - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
Skeptical articles on alternative medicine topics by Gary Posner.
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Monterrey Wellness Center Makes Me Sick - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
Personal opinion about James Davidson, proprietor, currently under a 63 count indictment in Tennessee for fraud for claiming to cure cancer.
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My Ordeal as a Patient of Dr. Christiane Northrup M.D. - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
A true story that raises serious questions concerning the absence of accountability in physicians who market themselves as holistic.
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NYH HealthCare Communications Group - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
Healthcare-related communications from Nancy Yanes-Hoffman.
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QuackWatch - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
Nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. Information on quackery, questionable therapies and products.
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Rocky Mountain Skeptics - Failed Alternative Medicine - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
A database of negative testimony.
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The Healing Techniques of Nicolai Levashov - http://members.aol.com/drbgkoopman/
A brief biography and summary of techniques of the psychotronic healer Nicolai Levashov. Also a reply to critics and skeptics of his methods.
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The Millenium Project - http://members.aol.com/drbgkoopman/
Uncovers promoters of quackery and those who lie about the dangers of vaccines. A list with a several hundred fundamental websites, commentaries on fraudulent organisations and sites, hate-mail from uncovered quacks, tributes and awards.
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The Quack-Files - http://members.aol.com/drbgkoopman/
Critical reviews, specially of alternative medicine. Provides resources and links on quackery, alternative medicine and health fraud.
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Why Therapies May Seem to Work (Even When They Don't) - http://members.aol.com/drbgkoopman/
Reasons care givers and their clients who rely on anecdotal evidence and uncontrolled observations may erroneously conclude that therapies work.
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