alternative medicine

  • Woman Taking Supplements for Infertility Gets Lead Poisoning Instead

    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…


  • Why Do So Many People Believe in Miracle Cures?

    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…