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• - Skeptical articles and links about the chiropractic profession.
  
• - A true story that raises serious questions concerning the absence of accountability in physicians who market themselves as holistic.
  
• - Article by Stephen Barrett debunks chiropractic hocus-pocus by visiting a chiropractor undercover as a patient.
  
• - Discussion on assessment and testing of treatments and information for the public why only thoroughly tested treatments are safe. Non-profit organization in the UK.
  
• - Healthcare-related communications from Nancy Yanes-Hoffman.
  
• - Skeptical information on alternative medicine in general and articles on several specific types.
  
• - Richard Dawkins, professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, notes that alternative medicine is defined as that set of practices that cannot be tested, refuse to be tested or consistently fail tests.
  
• - Information on diagnoses one can really observe in the eye, and why iridology is fraud.
  
• - Information from the American Cancer Society.
  
• - George Nava True II presents his objections to iridology in a short article.
  
• - Alternative medicine and quackery: what various alternative healing methods exist? For what diseases? Mainly critical viewpoints.
  
• - Defends that the content of coral calcium is not very different from calcium carbonate you find in supplements as Tums.
  
• - A brief biography and summary of techniques of the psychotronic healer Nicolai Levashov. Also a reply to critics and skeptics of his methods.
  
• - A review article from the British Medical Journal on Alternative and Complementary medicine.
  
• - A database of negative testimony.
  
• - Information on the dangers of Herbal products. Some can be harmfull to peoples health.
  
• - Offers an a question and answer dealing with the safety of alternative medicines.
  
• - Scientist Vic Stenger's page on alternative medicine and quackery. Articles on homeopathy, energy healing and the science of prayer.
  
• - A skeptical guide to homeopathy. Homeopathic "remedies" are usually harmless, but their associated misbeliefs are not.
  
• - Uncovers promoters of quackery and those who lie about the dangers of vaccines. A list with a several hundred fundamental websites, commentaries on fraudulent organisations and sites, hate-mail from uncovered quacks, tributes and awards.
  
• - Adverse reactions to alternative herbal remedies and posibility to report them. Site by medical student Lori Anderson.
  
• - Support and pressure group in the UK for victims of Complimentary Therapies and in particular Chiropractic. Case studies, support and advice.
  
• - Nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. Information on quackery, questionable therapies and products.
  
• - Personal opinion about James Davidson, proprietor, currently under a 63 count indictment in Tennessee for fraud for claiming to cure cancer.
  
• - Reasons care givers and their clients who rely on anecdotal evidence and uncontrolled observations may erroneously conclude that therapies work.
  
• - A collection of anti-quackery links and tools.
  
• - Web site presenting the dangers of chiropractic treatment, along with stories of litigation, fraud and bogus claims.
  
• - Skeptical articles on alternative medicine topics by Gary Posner.
  
• - Examines alternative (complementary) medicine from an evangelical Christian viewpoint using objective science and biblically based criteria.
  
• - A science writer's guide to debunking pseudoscience, the paranormal, homeopathy, and other far out claims of alternative medicine.
  
• - Critical reviews, specially of alternative medicine. Provides resources and links on quackery, alternative medicine and health fraud.
  
• - Discussion of Alternative, Complementary, and Conventional treatments for cancer written by cancer patients. Also discusses the Cancer Conspiracy, and provides links to other resources.
  
• - A Christian viewpoint on hypnotherapy.