Although acupuncture is widely used by patients with chronic sciatica, the evidence of its efficacy is scarce. The objective of this multicenter 2-arm randomized clinical trial, conducted in 6 ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and type of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) use as well as potential factors related to SCAM use in a representative sample of US adults ...

While the evidence base on web-based cancer misinformation continues to develop, relatively little is known about the extent of such information on the world’s largest e-commerce website, Amazon.

Thanks to Helen Smith we learnt yesterday that Barbara O'Neill (she is the dangerous charlatan who featured on my blog before, see here and here ) was recently awarded an "Honorary Diploma" by the ...

This article aimed to describe the applications of homeopathy in women with non-metastatic breast cancer in France. Patients, general practitioner-homeopaths, and oncologists were included based on ...

If I remember correctly, I was - some 20 years ago - a founding member of the editorial board of the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (EBCAM). I also published several ...

Nearly every time that I talk to proponents of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) I hear a lot about diet. Diet is a central theme to almost all of them, it seems. In such conversations, several ...