Patients with headaches often seek so-called alternative medicine (SCAM), including chiropractic care. Chiropractic spinal manipulation is one of the most commonly used techniques for these patients; ...

World Homeopathy Day is celebrated on April 10 every year. It aims at marking the importance of homeopathy and its contributions to medicine. It also honors the memory of Dr. Christian Friedrich ...

This systematic review/network meta-analysis assessed whether relaxation and stress management techniques are useful in reducing blood pressure in individuals with hypertension and prehypertension.

In a recent post, I mentioned a new report which allegedly claimed that “employing chiropractors in the [English] health service could save £1.5 billion“. Thanks to ‘Blue Wode’, we can now read the ...

It has been reported that a five-year-old boy died after being “incinerated” inside a pressurised oxygen chamber while undergoing alternative treatment for ADHD and sleep apnoea. Thomas Cooper was ...

The fact that animal parts are used for so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) is well-known. The problem has so far been related mostly to China and TCM. A recent article reminds us of the fact that t ...

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This "randomized controlled clinical trial" (has anyone ever seen a randomized trial without a control group? - No, therefore, the correct term is "ramdomized clinical trial (RCT)") aimed to compare ...