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the <a href="http://skepdic.com/refuge/sdshort.html">Short and Irreverent E-dition, part 1, sCAM [so-called Complementary & Alternative Medicine]</a>)</font></p> <webContent> <h1>topical index: alternatives to medicine</h1> <p><a name="A">A</a><br> <a letter="A" href="acupuncture.html">acupuncture</a><br /> <a letter="A" href="alkalinediet.html">alkaline diet </a><br /> <a letter="A" href="allopathy.html">allopathy</a><br /> <a letter="A" href="alphabio.html">alphabiotics</a><br /> <a letter="A" href="althelth.html">"alternative" health practice</a><br /> <a letter="A" href="angeltherapy.html">angel therapy</a><br /> <a letter="A" href="animalquackers.html">animal quacker</a><br /> <a letter="A" href="anthroposophicmedicine.html">anthroposophic medicine</a><br /> <a letter="A" href="akinesiology.html">applied kinesiology</a><br /> <a letter="A" href="aroma.html">aromatherapy</a><br /> <a letter="A" href="astrotherapy.html">astrotherapy</a><br /> <a letter="A" href="auratherapy.html">aura therapy</a><br /> <a letter="A" href="ayurvedic.html">Ayurvedic medicine</a><br /> <a name="B">B</a><br> <a letter="B" href="bachflower.html">Bach's flower therapy</a><br /> <a letter="B" href="barron.html">Jon Barron</a><br /> <a letter="B" href="bioching.html">bio-ching</a><br /> <a letter="B" href="bioharmonics.html">bioharmonics</a><br /> <a letter="B" href="blaylock.html">Blaylock, Russell</a><br /> <a letter="B" href="nelson_bradley.html">Body Code of Bradley Nelson</a><br /> <a letter="B" href="buttar.html">Rashid Buttar, D.O.</a><br /> <a name="C">C</a><br> <a letter="C" href="chelate.html">chelation therapy</a><br /> <a letter="C" href="chi.html">chi</a><br /> <a letter="C" href="chiro.html">chiropractic</a><br /> <a letter="C" href="huldaclark.html">Hulda Clark</a><br /> <a letter="C" href="compmed.html">complementary medicine</a><br /> <a letter="C" href="complexhomeo.html">complex homeopathy</a><br /> <a letter="C" href="coning.html">coning (ear candling)</a><br /> <a letter="C" href="consegrity.html">Consegrity</a><br /> <a letter="C" href="craniosacral.html">craniosacral therapy</a><br /> <a letter="C" href="moxibustion.html">cupping</a><br /> <br /> <a name="D">D</a><br /> <a href="phillipday.html">Day, Phillip</a><br> <a letter="D" href="dentalamalgam.html">dental amalgam</a><br /> <a letter="D" href="detox.html">detoxification therapies</a><br /> <a letter="D" href="dhea.html">DHEA</a><br /> <a letter="D" href="dat.html">dolphin-assisted therapy</a><br /> <a letter="D" href="dragandabic.html">Dr. Dragon Dabic</a><br /> <a name="E">E</a><br> <a letter="E" href="eft.html">Emotional Freedom Technique</a><br /> <a letter="E" href="nelson_bradley.html">Emotion Code of Bradley Nelson</a><br /> <a letter="E" href="drfritz.html">Dr. Fritz - "energy healing"</a><br /> <a letter="E" href="emdr.html">Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)</a><br /> <a name="F">F</a><br> <a letter="F" href="facilcom.html">facilitated communication</a><br /> <a letter="F" href="faithhealing.html">faith healing</a><br /> <a letter="F" href="frontiermedicine.html">frontier medicine</a><br /> <a letter="F" href="functionalmedicine.html">functional medicine</a><br /> <a name="G">G</a><br> <a letter="G" href="gersontherapy.html">Gerson therapy</a><br /> <a letter="G" href="gordonjay.html">Jay Gordon</a><br /> <a letter="G" href="guasha.html">gua sha</a><br /> <a name="H">H</a><br> <a letter="H" href="healingtouch.html">healing touch</a><br /> <a letter="H" href="holistic.html">holistic medicine</a><br /> <a letter="H" href="homeo.html">homeopathy</a><br /> <a letter="H" href="horowitz.html">Leonard Horowitz</a><br /> <a letter="H" href="hypnosis.html">hypnosis</a><br /> <a name="I">I</a><br> <a letter="I" href="http://skepdic.com/skeptimedia/skeptimedia67.html">immune system quackery</a><br /> <a letter="I" href="integratmed.html">integrative medicine</a><br /> <a letter="I" href="http://skepdic.com/integrativeoncology.html">integrative oncology</a><br /> <a letter="I" href="intuitive.html">intuitive (intuitionist)</a><br /> <a letter="I" href="intuitivehealer.html">intuitive healer</a><br /> <a letter="I" href="iridol.html">iridology</a><br /> <a letter="I" href="isopathy.html">isopathy</a><br /> <a letter="I" href="issels.html">Issels Immuno-Oncology treatment</a><br /> <a name="J">J</a><br> <a letter="J" href="joytouch.html">joy touch</a><br /> <a name="K">K</a><br> <a letter="K" href="kilde.html">Rauni Kilde</a><br /> <a letter="K" href="kinergetics.html">kinergetics</a><br /> <a letter="K" href="kirlian.html">Kirlian photography</a><br /> <a name="L">L</a><br> <a letter="L" href="lightningprocess.html">Lightning ProcessTM</a><br> <a name="M">M</a><br> <a letter="M" href="macrobiotics.html">macrobiotics</a><br /> <a letter="M" href="magicalthinking.html">magical thinking</a><br /> <a letter="M" href="magnetic.html">magnet therapy</a><br /> <a letter="M" href="massage.html">massage therapy</a><br /> <a letter="M" href="mercola.html">Joseph Mercola</a><br /> <a letter="M" href="microacupuncture.html">microacupuncture</a><br /> <a letter="M" href="moxibustion.html">moxibustion</a><br /> <a name="N">N</a><br> <a letter="N" href="naturalcures.html">natural cancer cures</a><br /> <a letter="N" href="natpathy.html">naturopathy</a><br /> <a letter="N" href="nelson_bradley.html">Bradley Nelson</a><br /> <a letter="N" href="neurolin.html">neuro-linguistic programming</a><br /> <a letter="N" href="therapy.html">New Age psychotherapies</a><br /> <a letter="N" href="noni.html">noni fruit and juice</a><br /> <a letter="N" href="nosodes.html">nosode</a><br /> <a name="O">O</a><br> <a letter="O" href="osteopathy.html">osteopathy</a><br /> <a name="P">P</a><br> <a letter="P" href="prayer.html">prayer</a><br /> <a letter="P" href="psurgery.html">psychic surgery</a><br /> <a name="Q">Q</a><br> <a letter="Q" href="quackery.html">quackery</a><br /> <a name="R">R</a><br> <a letter="R" href="reams.html">Reams, Carey</a><br /> <a letter="R" href="reflex.html">reflexology</a><br /> <a letter="R" href="rader.html">Rader, William C., M.D.</a><br /> <a letter="R" href="reiki.html">reiki</a><br /> <a letter="R" href="rolfing.html">Rolfing</a><br /> <a name="S">S</a><br> <a letter="S" href="shark.html">shark cartilage as a cancer cure</a><br /> <a name="T">T</a><br> <a letter="T" href="tt.html">therapeutic touch</a><br /> <a letter="T" href="thoughtfield.html">thought field therapy</a><br /> <a letter="T" href="tcm.html">traditional Chinese medicine</a><br /> <a letter="T" href="trepanation.html">trepanation</a><br /> <a name="U">U</a><br> <a letter="U" href="urine.html">urine therapy</a><br /> <a name="V">V</a><br /> <a letter="V" href="vibrationalmedicine.html">vibrational medicine</a><br /> <a letter="V" href="vitacon.html">vitamin and mineral supplements</a><br /> <a name="W">W</a><br> <a letter="W" href="wakefield.html">Andrew Wakefield</a><br /> <a letter="W" href="wallach.html">Joel D. Wallach, "The Mineral Doctor"</a><br /> <a name="Y">Y</a><br> <a letter="Y" href="robertoyoung.html">Robert O. Young</a><br /> <a name="Z">Z</a><br> <a letter="Z" href="zenreiki.html">zenreiki</a><br> </p> <p><webContent>Last updated <!-- #BeginDate format:En2 -->03-Jan-2016<!-- #EndDate --> </p> <h3><font color="#990000" face="Arial" size="3">Medical Suburban Myths (from the <a href="refuge/suburbanmyths.html">Suburban Myths Page</a>)</font></h3> <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><b><a href="refuge/bunk9.html#prescription">Myth 2</a>. Prescription drugs are one of the leading causes of death.</b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><b><a href="refuge/bunk8.html#myth3">Myth 3</a>. Most medical treatments have never been clinically tested.</b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><b><a href="refuge/funk3A.html#myth19">Myth 19</a>. Medical doctors typically know nothing about nutrition.</b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><b><a href="http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/faith.html">Myth 21.</a> Faith healing works.<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050721080327/http:/www.netasia.net/users/truehealth/Psychic+Surgery.htm">*</a></b></font><p> <font face="Arial" size="3"><b><a href="http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/gary_posner/godccu.html">Myth 22</a>. Dr. Randolph Byrd scientifically proved that prayer can heal.</b></font><p> <font face="Arial" size="3"><b><a href="http://www.infidels.org/infidels/newsletter/1999/may.html#Prayer">Myth 23</a>. Even if Dr. Byrd failed, others have succeeded in proving scientifically that prayer heals.</b> </font> <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><b><a href="cellular.html">Myth 25</a>. Transplant organs carry personality traits which are transferred from donors to receivers.</b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><b><a href="fullmoon.html">Myth 31</a>. Crimes, mental illness, suicides, and emergency room visits increase when there is a full moon.</b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><b><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/suicide/">Myth 43</a>. Suicide increases over the holidays.</b></font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><b> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20041113050523/http://health.discovery.com/news/healthscout/article.jsp?aid=516855&tid=23">Myth 46</a>. Switching to a low-tar cigarette will reduce one's chances of being exposed to the carcinogens in cigarette smoke.</b></font><p> <font face="Arial" size="3"><b><a href="http://www.quackwatch.com/03HealthPromotion/immu/autism.html">Myth 47.</a> Vaccination<a href="http://www.sptimes.com/News/042601/Floridian/The_truth_about_child.shtml">*</a>of children with the (MMR) vaccine to prevent measles, mumps and rubella causes autism.<a href="http://skepdic.com/refuge/funk35.html">*</a></b><a href="http://skepdic.com/refuge/funk35.html"> </a> </font> <p> <font face="Arial" size="3"><b> <a href="http://www.bu.edu/bridge/archive/1999/01-29/health.html" name="53"> Myth 53</a>. Sugar causes hyperactivity in children.</b></font><p align="left"> <font face="Arial" size="3"><b> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,621861,00.html" name="54"> Myth 54.</a> Alcohol, especially <a href="http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4422">red wine</a>, is good for your health.<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080514152546/http://www.healthandage.com/Home/gm=6!gid2=2290">*(read this one carefully and to the end)</a> and <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060926195921/http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/insight4.pdf">*</a></b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b> <a href="http://www.migraines.org/myth/mythreal.htm" name="55">Myth 55. </a> A migraine is a bad headache.</b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b> <a href="http://www.fwhc.org/health/moon.htm" name="58">Myth 58.</a> The moon can trigger <a href="http://www.trosch.org/ide/sex-cycl.htm">ovulation</a> and bring on fertility depending on what phase the moon was at when you were born.</b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b> <a href="http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mercury.html" name="59"> Myth 59.</a> The mercury in dental amalgam is poisoning people.<a href="http://skepdic.com/refuge/funk25.html#amalgam">*</a></b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b> <a href="http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp" name="60"> Myth 60. </a>You should drink eight glasses of water a day for good health.* One study, however, does seem to have <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11978586&dopt=Abstract"> good evidence </a>that drinking five glasses a day is better than drinking two or fewer with respect to fatal coronary heart disease.</b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b> <a href="http://skepdic.com/news/newsletter55.html#myth71">Myth 71</a>. A diet low in animal fat will prevent high cholesterol which will prevent atherosclerosis which will make you immune to having a heart attack.</b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b> <a href="http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/comment/pasteur.htm" name="72">Myth 72.</a> Pasteur renounced all his works on his death bed.</b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b> <a href="http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Cancer/laetrile.html"> Myth 73.</a> Laetrile is an effective cancer treatment whose humanitarian discoverer has been persecuted, depriving millions of people of the benefits of this wonder drug.</b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><b> <a href="http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hpylori/">Myth 74.</a> Peptic ulcers are caused by stress and eating spicy food.<a href="http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/2005/press.html">*</a></b></font></p> <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial" size="3"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/library/review/120698science-myths-review.html" name="83"> Myth 83</a>. A study was published in the <i>Western Journal of Medicine</i> that showed changing the letters EPHO (each letter representing a drug being used to treat small-cell lung cancer) to HOPE led to a spectacular increase in positive response to the treatment.</font></b></p> <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial" size="3"> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7789302.stm" name="86-89"> Myths 86-89</a>, thanks to the British Medical Journal: </font> </b></p> <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial" size="3">Myth 86. There are several effective cures for a hangover.<br> <br> Myth 87. People who eat late at night gain more weight than those who eat the same amount of food earlier in the day.<br> <br> Myth 88. More heat escapes from the head than any other part of the body.<br> <br> Myth 89. Poinsettias are poisonous. </font></b></p> <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial" size="3"> <a href="http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/fruit.asp" name="92"> Myth 92</a>. Fruit must be eaten on an empty stomach in order for the body to absorb it properly.</font></b></p> <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial" size="3"> <a href="http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/coldwater.asp" name="93"> Myth 93</a>. Drinking cold water after meals causes cancer.</font></b></p> <h3><b><font color="#800000" face="Arial" size="3">Recommended Reading</font></b></h3> <p style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0879758554/roberttoddcarrolA/">Barrett, Stephen and William T. Jarvis. eds. <i>The Health Robbers: A Close Look at Quackery in America</i> (Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1993).</a> </font> </p> <p style="text-align: left"><font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0879757337/roberttoddcarrolA/">Barrett, Stephen and Kurt Butler (eds.) <i>A Consumers Guide to Alternative Medicine : A Close Look at Homeopathy, Acupuncture, Faith-Healing, and Other Unconventional Treatments</i>; edited by (Buffalo, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1992).</a> </font> </p> <p style="text-align: left"> <font face="Arial" color="#00386B"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=9780195313680/roberttoddcarrolA/"> <font size="3">Bausell, R. Barker. (2007). </font> </a></font> <font size="3"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=9780195313680/roberttoddcarrolA/"> <i> <font face="Arial"> Snake Oil Science: The Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine </font></i><font face="Arial"> Oxford.</font></a></font><font size="3" face="Arial"> (<a href="http://skepdic.com/refuge/bausell.html">review</a>)</font></p> <p style="text-align: left"> <font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0723433836/roberttoddcarrolA/">Ernst, Edzard MD PhD, Max H. Pittler MD PHD , Barbara Wider MA. 2006. <i>The Desktop Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach</i>. 2nd ed. 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