alternative medicine
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Woman Taking Supplements for Infertility Gets Lead Poisoning Instead
A Canadian woman’s attempt to treat her infertility went drastically wrong, her doctors say. In a new case report this week, they detail how she developed lead poisoning from taking supplements filled with the toxic metal. The woman’s symptoms were successfully treated. This discovery prompted authorities to seize other contaminated products from her alternative medicine…
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Why Do So Many People Believe in Miracle Cures?
Of all the archetypal American figures that we’ve lost over the last century or so, none is missed more dearly (by me, at least) than the itinerant medicine man. Rushing from town to town with his case of useless elixirs, patiently erecting his wooden platforms, standing atop these platforms and barking outrageous claims on behalf…
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The Worst Charlatans of the Covid-19 Pandemic In The U.S.
For some people, crisis is an opportunity. More specifically, an opportunity to blow up their own profile by preying on people’s fears, making baseless claims, grabbing resources intended for others, and being generally dishonest, disingenuous, or greedy.
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Self-Declared ‘Health Ranger’ Mike Adams Has Apparently Been Booted From YouTube
The prophesied day of doom may not yet have come for Infowars founder Alex Jones, who proclaimed YouTube would summarily ban him on Sunday but rode out the day with the account intact. But kindred soul Mike Adams, the self-declared “Health Ranger” behind questionably reliable pseudoscience site Natural News, recently got slapped with his own…