Category: Naturopathy

Wendy Weber

Wendy Weber, a naturopath, now leads NCCIH. Let the quackery flow (even more)!

Not-A-Doctor Wendy Weber, a naturopath, has been appointed Director of the NCCIH. Will this mean more MAHA quackery on top of the usual quackademic medicine?

/ August 31, 2026
Text reads: "Council on Naturopathic Medical Education. Accrediting naturopathic doctoral programs in the U.S. and Canada," over a blurred background with a white daisy flower.

“Naturopathic Medicine” in Crisis

A scathing federal assessment, foundering naturopathic programs, poor job prospects, abysmal earnings, and staggering student debt pose threats to the future of “naturopathic medicine”.

/ July 7, 2026

Boosting. What To Do.

The immune system can't be "boosted." It is an inane concept used by those who promote unscientific approaches to medicine.

/ January 16, 2024

Coffee enemas: This TikTok trend can be deadly

There's no evidence flushing coffee into your rectum is safe or effective, despite what you may see on TikTok.

/ November 9, 2023

Skeptics in the Pub. Cholera.

Prologue from the serialization of the novel Skeptics in the Pub: Cholera.

/ October 7, 2023

Peddling Misinformation About Diet and Cancer

Selling dubious nutrition products often involve attacking, and suing, your critics.

/ March 22, 2023

Pushing Naturopathy in Canada

Another attempt to insert naturopathic pseudoscience into mainstream medicine, this time in Canada.

/ January 11, 2023
Fruits and vegetables, juiced.

Alternative Reproduction?

Are there effective forms of SCAMs for birth control or reproduction? Of course not.

/ September 22, 2022