Alternative Medicine
If a scientific theory fails when tested, there's something wrong with the theory.
If 'alternative medicine' fails when tested, there's something wrong with the tests.
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Rational Sites
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UK Skeptics
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An Overview.
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Quackwatch
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A Guide to Quackery and Health Fraud.
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NCAHF
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National Council Against Health Fraud.
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Quackwatch
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Why bogus therapies often seem to work.
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BMJ
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pdf from British Medical Journal.
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Dr Alicia White
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How to read articles about medical breakthroughs in newspapers.
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James Randi
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The Myth of Alternative Medicine.
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Quackwatch
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These are the calm, rational responses of people who disagree.
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Either it is true that a medicine works or it isn't. It cannot be false in the ordinary sense but true in some ‘alternative’ sense. If a therapy or treatment is anything more than a placebo, properly conducted double-blind trials, statistically analyzed, will eventually bring it through with flying colours.
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