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Goop Lab: Vampire facials, Reiki, and other snake oil remedies now on Netflix
The power of celebrities to sell snake oil remedies — or in actor Gwyneth Paltrow's case, a candle supposedly scented like her vagina —...
Dangerous rise in social media charlatans peddling cancer 'therapies'
Cancer patients who refuse conventional treatment and opt for alternatives are two and a half times as likely to die within five years of...
Report pans supplements for brain health as ‘huge waste of money'
Supplements to preserve or boost memory or cognition are 'not worth the plastic they're bottled in', according to a report by the Global Council on...
Homeopaths ordered to cease 'autism therapy' claims
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ordered 150 homeopaths to stop claiming they can cure autism. The Guardian reports that five homeopaths are...
Coconut oil, the health shop panacea, is 'pure poison', says Harvard epidemiologist
Coconut oil, the health shop and superfood panacea for everything from obesity to haemorrhoids, is 'pure poison', says a Harvard epidemiologist.
Karin Michels, an epidemiologist at...
UK regulator acts against autism 'cure' by homeopaths
Many homeopaths in the UK are offering a “cure” for autism that involves supposedly detoxing children of the vaccines and antibiotics they hold responsible...
Easy pickings for Nigeria's 'miracle workers'
Despair and stigma for people living with HIV make them easy targets for a range of supposed miracle workers, including internet scams, in deeply...
Zero evidence for widely marketed Tx for leaky bladder/prolapse
There is no scientific evidence that a workout widely taught to more than 1,500 coaches in 14 countriess to manage the symptoms of a...