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    Quackwatch is a United States-based website, self-described as a "network of people" founded by Stephen Barrett, which aims to "combat health-related frauds...
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    the National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF), and the webmaster of Quackwatch. He runs a number of websites dealing with quackery and health fraud....
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  • as a "Dubious Treatment" by the alternative medicine watchdog website Quackwatch. In Issels combination therapy, patients are asked to remove any teeth...
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  • Stephen (16 August 2016). "A Skeptical Look at the Late "Dr. Sebi"". quackwatch.org. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019...
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    characteristic of aggressive promotion. Psychiatrist and author Stephen Barrett of Quackwatch defines quackery as "the promotion of unsubstantiated methods that lack...
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  • Doesn't Scare Me Anymore" videotape with an infomercial. Stephen Barrett of Quackwatch registered a complaint about the content of the infomercial, and subsequently...
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    Nevyas; Stephen Barrett MD (September 12, 2007). "Eye-Related Quackery". Quackwatch. Retrieved 2008-03-27. Cherrill Hicks (July 29, 1997). "The truth about...
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    massage Shiatsu Barrett, Stephen (2004-09-25). "Reflexology: A close look". Quackwatch. Retrieved 2007-10-12. Kunz, Kevin; Kunz, Barbara (1993). The Complete...
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  • does not endorse any cures, including treatment with sodium bicarbonate. Quackwatch lists sodium bicarbonate injections as a "dubious treatment". Simoncini...
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    Parts of osteopathy, such as craniosacral therapy, have been described by Quackwatch as having no therapeutic value and have been labeled by them as pseudoscience...
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    Supernatural Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science Fortean Times JREF Quackwatch Skeptical Inquirer The Natural History of Quackery The Psychology of the...
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  • its inventor to have cured his cancer. Stephen Barrett has written on Quackwatch: "Although low-fat, high-fiber diets can be healthful, the Hallelujah...
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  • Metabolic Therapy". Quackwatch. Retrieved 3 September 2013. Wilson, Benjamin (February 17, 2004). "The Rise and Fall of Laetrile". Quackwatch. Retrieved September...
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    NaturoWatch. QuackWatch. Archived from the original on March 7, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2009. "HEW Report on Naturopathy (1968)". QuackWatch. August 30...
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  • therapies evaluated for which no clear evidence of effectiveness was found. Quackwatch includes "Neuro-Structural Integration Technique (Bowen Therapy)" in its...
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  • Like many alternative medicines, it may benefit from a placebo effect. Quackwatch says acupressure is a dubious practice and its practitioners use irrational...
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  • PMID 23851019. Barrett, Stephen (14 March 2009). "Be Wary of "Fad" Diagnoses". Quackwatch. Retrieved 24 October 2013. Quigley EM (2016). "Leaky gut - concept or...
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    from Maharishi Ayur-Ved" Archived 2 October 2023 at the Wayback Machine. quackwatch.org. Retrieved 25 September 2023. "Top tips for good heart health" Archived...
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    Supernatural Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science Fortean Times JREF Quackwatch Skeptical Inquirer The Natural History of Quackery The Psychology of the...
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    information to the public and professionals Stephen Barrett (4 August 2009). "Reiki Is Nonsense". Retrieved 5 May 2010. Quackwatch article by Stephen Barrett...
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  • remediation by addressing nutritional deficiencies before resorting to drugs. Quackwatch has accused the group that provides credentialing to CCNs, and its members...
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    holistic medicine for treating illness and chronic pain. According to Quackwatch, neural therapy is "a bizarre approach claimed to treat pain and disease...
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  • expensive, it can be compounded by pharmacists if prescribed by a physician. Quackwatch lists Prokarin as one of the multiple sclerosis "cures" of which people...
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    Supernatural Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science Fortean Times JREF Quackwatch Skeptical Inquirer The Natural History of Quackery The Psychology of the...
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  • healing, is like "glorified yoga", and that it "borders on quackery". Quackwatch places the Feldenkrais Method on its list of "Unnaturalistic methods"...
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    Supernatural Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science Fortean Times JREF Quackwatch Skeptical Inquirer The Natural History of Quackery The Psychology of the...
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    3% thought it underestimated them and 18% thought they were accurate. Quackwatch has included EWG in its list of "questionable organisations," calling...
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