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Quackery is a term used to describe the unethical practice of promising health-related benefits for which there is little or no basis. Quack is also a term used for an incompetent medical doctor, or any other person who dispenses false medical advice or treatment.
"Health fraud" is often used as a synonym for quackery, but this use can be problematic, since quackery can exist without fraud, a word which always implies deliberate deception. *
The word "quack" derives from "quacksalver," an archaic word originally of Dutch origin (spelled kwakzalver in contemporary Dutch), meaning "boaster who applies a salve."
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Opposing Views to Alternative Health
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Who did you laff at most this year? MEDIA COVERAGE OF Obama or Michael Jackson or Tiger Woods? biggest bunch of quackery news hacks yet
cessnet (Michael McVey) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:52:18 -0000
Who did you laff at most this year? MEDIA COVERAGE OF Obama or Michael Jackson or Tiger Woods? biggest bunch of quackery news hacks yet
RT @SurlyAmy: Quackery is for the Birds. http://bit.ly/8zTsRI \\ Amy! Now I'm adding to my list...
Jamberta (Wendy) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:42:55 -0000
RT @SurlyAmy: Quackery is for the Birds. http://bit.ly/8zTsRI \\ Amy! Now I'm adding to my list...
Quackery is for the Birds. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37143367
SurlyAmy (Amy Davis Roth) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:41:29 -0000
Quackery is for the Birds. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37143367
http://ow.ly/NNPV Statementing system is dire. Huge issues with equity of access & diagnosis. No wonder hotbed of quackery.
brainduck (Duck) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:40:23 -0000
http://ow.ly/NNPV Statementing system is dire. Huge issues with equity of access & diagnosis. No wonder hotbed of quackery.
Are the Kardashians' QuickTrim Diet Products Quackery? http://digg.com/u1HZ5O
twilight_talk (Edward Cullen) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:05:10 -0000
Are the Kardashians' QuickTrim Diet Products Quackery? http://digg.com/u1HZ5O
at chiropractor. I know some people think it is quackery but it helps me...hip pain is definitely reduced from yesterday!
mariedeminuit (Marie Halfnights) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:41:39 -0000
at chiropractor. I know some people think it is quackery but it helps me...hip pain is definitely reduced from yesterday!
Targets Internet Health Fraud - FTC law enforcement and consumer education campaign focuses on stopping the quacks.
American Council of Science and Health - Press releases and articles related to health care fraud and quackery, activists and hype.
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Anti-Quackery Webring - Nearly 100 listings.
Meta Description: [ This ring is for sites that combat & debunk health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies, and are more interested in real, objective, scientific proof, than in the speculative, subjective, and un ]
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Avoiding Quackery - Offers an Online book with tips on how to protect yourself from quackery.
Meta Description: [ How to get the best medical care- A guide for the Intelligent Patient, an online book by Dr. Anirruddha Malpani & Dr. Anjali Malpani which provides a guide for the patient seeking medical information on the internet. ]
Canadian Quackery Watch - Monitors the media for reports of medical frauds and quacks. Includes features on individual quacks, pending lawsuits, scientific rebuttals of 'dubious' claims, and related links.
Meta Description: [ Protect yourself from quacks. Let QuackeryWatch helps you sift through the advertisements, the bad practitioners, and more. ]
Chirobase Practices - Skeptical guide to chiropractic history, theories, and current practices.
Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health - Devoted to the scientific examination of unproven alternative medicine and mental health therapies, which have become increasingly popular in the United States and the world.
Meta Description: [ Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine ]
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Health Quackery - Provides information on how to spot health quackery.
How to Spot Health Fraud - The FDA Backgrounder lists the most common kinds of health fraud. Provides advice on how to spot a quack and where to file a complaint.
Meta Description: [ Marketers of fraudulent health products often fall back on the same gimmicks to sell their products, but consumers can protect themselves from these worthless, sometimes dangerous products by learning some of the sellers' marketing techniques. ]
National Council Against Health Fraud, Inc. - The NCAHF is a USA voluntary health agency that focuses its attention upon health fraud, misinformation and quackery as public health problems.
Quackwatch - Covers unproven and scientifically questionable claims of alternative health therapies, vitamin peddlers, and other health frauds.
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Report of the Council on Scientific Affairs - Subject: Alternative Medicine. Long report which concludes that, There is very little evidence to confirm the safety or efficacy of most alternative therapies.
The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice - Peer-reviewed journal devoted exclusively to distinguishing scientifically-supported claims from scientifically-unsupported claims in clinical psychology, psychiatry, social work, and allied disciplines.
Meta Description: [ Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice Journal ]
U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Easy-to-read FDA publication about phony medicines and unproven treatments.
Meta Description: [ The Truth About Choosing Medical Treatments ]
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