Science news articles about 'quack'

... of them making false and unsubstantiated claims. The "commercial exploitation of vulnerable patients with quack medicines" will hopefully be brought to an end with the introduction of the new EU ...

Leading scientific expert on alternative therapies accuses chemist of misleading public over homeopathic remedies

... the medical profession that he twists the English language into a glorious new direction, referring to a money-grabbing quack doctor as 'a turdy-facy, nasty-paty, lousy-fartical rogue.' Read More...

Rose Shapiro on the industry that recommends detoxes and hydration diets

Ben Goldacre: The papers are alive with criticism for quack nutritionism after the case of Dawn Page

Globally every year, obese people waste billions of dollars on food products that "imply" that they aid weight loss, but are totally ineffective, says a nutritional expert on the British Medical ...

Obviously we distrust the media on science: they rewrite commercial press releases from dodgy organisations as if they were health news, they lionise mavericks with poor evidence. But journalists ...

... who use their celebrity to trumpet woonackery, Swayze used his status to bitch slap the quacks on national television. If anybody had that cure out there, like so many people swear they do, you'd ...

... of Vouloumanos. While young children know that humans speak, monkeys grunt, and ducks quack, it's not clear when we come to know which vocalizations each of these animals produce. Although much is ...