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when quacks resort to legal intimidation
# health

when quacks resort to legal intimidation

Marc Stephens, a lawyer for the infamous Burzynski Clinic, decided that the best way to meet skeptics is with unhinged conspiracy theories and harassment.

snake oil salesman steals deepak chopra’s act
# health

snake oil salesman steals deepak chopra’s act

Mike Adams borrows the King of Woo's strategy of stringing a Gish Gallop of junk science to better sell his supplements and pamphlets.

when quacks kidnap einstein’s ghost…
# health

when quacks kidnap einstein’s ghost…

Alt med practitioners decided that the one of world's simplest and most famous formulas is their friend because they clearly don't understand it.

the priest will charge you now
# health

the priest will charge you now

Insurance companies could be forced to pay for faith healing and the Christian Science movement is ready to cash in.

when the laws aren’t there for your protection
# politics

when the laws aren’t there for your protection

Quacks and cranks are using libel laws to silence critics and skeptics into submission and keep money flowing into their pockets.

how alt med protects its lucrative business
# health

how alt med protects its lucrative business

Alternative medicine makers are happy to bash Big Pharma for poor testing and failed drugs, but not testing their own wares is the key to their profitability.

does alt med equal fewer vaccinations?
# health

does alt med equal fewer vaccinations?

Researchers find more evidence that alternative medicine practitioners are a public health menace.

when quack marketing crosses the line
# health

when quack marketing crosses the line

Quack extraordinaire Mike Adams has crossed a line from typical snake oil salesmanship to predatory fear-mongering.