Every time i hit a ping pong ball (four times a week) i would be so happy to have my arthritis relieved by some glucosamine sulfate.

Every time i hit a ping pong ball (four times a week) i would be so happy to have my arthritis relieved by some glucosamine sulfate.  Read Less

Modern medicine is the result of centuries of serious scientists working against religion and ignorance to provide us with heal...  Read More

Modern medicine is the result of centuries of serious scientists working against religion and ignorance to provide us with healthier and longer lives.  Read Less

Although conventional therapies can be disappointing, alternative therapies shouldn’t be given a free pass…all therapies should...  Read More

Although conventional therapies can be disappointing, alternative therapies shouldn’t be given a free pass…all therapies should be held to the same high standard of proof; otherwise we’ll continue to be hoodwinked by healers who ask us to believe in them rather than in the science that fails to support their claims.  Read Less

They found that 20% contained potentially harmful levels of lead, mercury, and arsenic… these problems aren’t rare.

They found that 20% contained potentially harmful levels of lead, mercury, and arsenic… these problems aren’t rare.  Read Less

Prior to reading this i had been duped into attending multiple acupuncture sessions (while relaxing, cost an unjustified amount...  Read More

Prior to reading this i had been duped into attending multiple acupuncture sessions (while relaxing, cost an unjustified amount of money) and using multiple supplements by well-meaning family members that may have done more harm than good.  Read Less

This comes from a doctor, who isn't selling snake oil and has no ax to grind but just wants to let the public know how much mon...  Read More

This comes from a doctor, who isn't selling snake oil and has no ax to grind but just wants to let the public know how much money is being flushed down the toilet in our quest to live forever in virtual youthfulness.  Read Less

” she then took her son to this neighborhood brain mapping clinic -- at a fee of two-thousand dollars for ten treatments.

” she then took her son to this neighborhood brain mapping clinic -- at a fee of two-thousand dollars for ten treatments.  Read Less

As for the costs, those would be left to the informed choice of patients themselves.

As for the costs, those would be left to the informed choice of patients themselves.  Read Less

Between 1983 and 2004, poison-control centers in the united states received 1.

Between 1983 and 2004, poison-control centers in the united states received 1.  Read Less

God it would be nice to believe in all that cockamamie stuff about a loving god, salvation, heaven; oh to have "faith" that god...  Read More

God it would be nice to believe in all that cockamamie stuff about a loving god, salvation, heaven; oh to have "faith" that god will cure our baby's leukemia or that god will put out the fire on the air france jet so we can land at charles degaulle safely and see the mona lisa.  Read Less

Unfortuanately, even allowing alternative medics to practice only above-placebo evidence-based treatment creates serious issues...  Read More

Unfortuanately, even allowing alternative medics to practice only above-placebo evidence-based treatment creates serious issues such as cost and credibility explored in overall better and more researched book “trick or treatment” by simon singh and edzart ernst.  Read Less

I've thrown more than a few useless and expensive remedies away in fits of anger both at myself and the nd, nutritionist, acupu...  Read More

I've thrown more than a few useless and expensive remedies away in fits of anger both at myself and the nd, nutritionist, acupuncturist or chiropractor who recommended them so confidently.  Read Less

Mark crispin’s “flies in the ointment” but the latter is a collection of essays that require a little biology background, where...  Read More

Mark crispin’s “flies in the ointment” but the latter is a collection of essays that require a little biology background, whereas offit’s offering is slightly less technical.  Read Less

Never mind that pfizer bought alacer corporation in 2012, one of the country’s largest manufactures of megavitamins.

Never mind that pfizer bought alacer corporation in 2012, one of the country’s largest manufactures of megavitamins.  Read Less