Day: February 6, 2012

Does thinking make it so? CAM placebo fantasy versus scientific reality

Last week, I discussed a rather execrable study. Actually, the study itself wasn’t so execrable, at least not in its design, which was a fairly straightforward three-arm randomized clinical trial. Rather it was the interpretation of the study’s results that was execrable. In brief, the authors tested an “energy healing” modality known as “energy chelation” versus a placebo (sham “energy chelation”) and...

/ February 6, 2012

Joe Mercola: Quackery pays

Joe Mercola makes a fine living selling questionable products for even more questionable diseases. While a recent story goes too far in telling both sides, it does reveal the scope of his profitable quack empire.

/ February 6, 2012