# Junk Science and Alternative Medicine **URL:** https://forum.skepticza.org/c/skepticism/junk-science-and-alternative-medicine/14.md [Latest](https://forum.skepticza.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.skepticza.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.skepticza.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Junk Science and Alternative Medicine category](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/about-the-junk-science-and-alternative-medicine-category/1435)
**Author:** [@system](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0
What it says --- ## [Foxed by Detox](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/foxed-by-detox/1816)
**Author:** [@Mefiante](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Mefiante)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [27 February 2026 07:57 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/foxed-by-detox/1816 "2026-02-27T07:57:46Z")
Some sanity about the “detox” segment - worth billions - of the food industry: BBC Health Star Tribune Sense about science Quackwatch As always, this bamboozle attracts the opportunists and BS artists in droves. Ju… --- ## [The Chiro's are coming](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-chiros-are-coming/5065)
**Author:** [@Spike](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Spike)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [15 March 2020 08:33 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-chiros-are-coming/5065 "2020-03-15T08:33:32Z")
Sorry for starting a new thread, but the alternative is to necro a 2009 thread. --- ## [Healing India's Traditional Healers](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/healing-indias-traditional-healers/5040)
**Author:** [@brianvds](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/brianvds)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [29 June 2019 05:12 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/healing-indias-traditional-healers/5040 "2019-06-29T05:12:12Z")
Harm reduction instead of prohibition, as strategy to deal with quacks: https://brightthemag.com/healing-indias-traditional-healers-e779d8039e51 Around here, last time I checked, we had actual universities offering deg… --- ## [Love 4 Science](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/love-4-science/5028)
**Author:** [@brianvds](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/brianvds)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [2 April 2019 11:10 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/love-4-science/5028 "2019-04-02T11:10:54Z")
On my morning walk, I see a big placard on someone’s garden fence, advertising a website titled love4science. I went to have a look: http://love4science.co.za/ Yup, a creationist outfit, though they are not very obviou… --- ## [Was the Stanford Prison Experiment a sham?](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/was-the-stanford-prison-experiment-a-sham/5017)
**Author:** [@brianvds](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/brianvds)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [4 July 2018 03:48 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/was-the-stanford-prison-experiment-a-sham/5017 "2018-07-04T03:48:31Z")
I could have sworn there was a thread somewhere about the replication crisis in psychology, but I can’t find it now. Perhaps it was all in the shoutbox. Anyway, here’s an article: Was the Stanford Prison Experiment a sh… --- ## [Fibromyalgia?](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/fibromyalgia/4958)
**Author:** [@brianvds](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/brianvds)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [9 July 2017 05:32 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/fibromyalgia/4958 "2017-07-09T05:32:23Z")
My landlady’s daughter has been diagnosed with something called fibromyalgia. The problem is, it is one of those things that have such a long list of vague symptoms that one might wonder whether it is for real at all, an… --- ## [Professor Walter Veith](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/professor-walter-veith/4957)
**Author:** [@Spike](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Spike)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [20 February 2017 08:23 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/professor-walter-veith/4957 "2017-02-20T08:23:34Z")
I am cleaning up and cleaning out and finally had some time to check out a (Free, Yay!) CD with some lectures by Prof Veith who “is an ardent student of history and prophecy and has lectured to standing-room-only crowds … --- ## [Supermoon?](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/supermoon/4944)
**Author:** [@brianvds](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/brianvds)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [16 November 2016 17:00 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/supermoon/4944 "2016-11-16T17:00:26Z")
The famous supermoon has come and gone, but reading around on the web about the phenomenon I keep on running into the claim that the moon was closer to earth than it had been for X number of decades. On this page for exa… --- ## [Anti-vaxxers in South Africa](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/anti-vaxxers-in-south-africa/4889)
**Author:** [@brianvds](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/brianvds)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [16 February 2016 15:29 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/anti-vaxxers-in-south-africa/4889 "2016-02-16T15:29:51Z")
I saw a lady on Facebook asking about her school wanting to give human papillomavirus vaccines - should she or shouldn’t she? Lots of posters recommended that she does not. One posted a link to this group: And this: … --- ## [What's the Harm, you ask?](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/whats-the-harm-you-ask/4875)
**Author:** [@Spike](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Spike)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [16 February 2016 10:42 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/whats-the-harm-you-ask/4875 "2016-02-16T10:42:09Z")
Hi Everyone. I haven’t posted or visited for a long time and did not really wish to just jump in and derail the order here with a new thread, but I am so upset that I must express my shock and pain in some way. My moth… --- ## [Practising Mindfulness](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/practising-mindfulness/4844)
**Author:** [@Faerie](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Faerie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [28 August 2015 19:32 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/practising-mindfulness/4844 "2015-08-28T19:32:52Z")
Im doing a masters course through a UK varsity for further accreditation. Im walking on tiptoe as my chosen career is filled with potholes of fluff and headgames. Every “tool” Im given, if not outright discarded, needs t… --- ## [head off!](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/head-off/4813)
**Author:** [@Brian](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Brian)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [13 March 2015 15:08 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/head-off/4813 "2015-03-13T15:08:53Z")
This Italian Neurosurgeon http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/06/head-transplant-italian-neuroscientist\_n\_3533391.html reckons he can transplant a human head successfully. let’s assume he is able to (I have my doubts) … --- ## [Facebook fight](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/facebook-fight/4786)
**Author:** [@Tweefo](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Tweefo)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [8 February 2015 16:45 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/facebook-fight/4786 "2015-02-08T16:45:21Z")
I made the mistake to comment on something on Facebook. Here is a link to the whole sad story with my comments starting a bit later on. I see I picked up a like or two as well. Don’t know if this link will work but let’s… --- ## [Donker Jonker is back](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/donker-jonker-is-back/4798)
**Author:** [@Hermes](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Hermes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [29 January 2015 02:07 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/donker-jonker-is-back/4798 "2015-01-29T02:07:55Z")
Kobus Jonker, also known as Donker Jonker, was the head of the Occult-Related Crimes Unit of the police. He is often consulted as a supposed expert witness when defendants claim that they were possessed by demons during… --- ## [Dr. Oz](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/dr-oz/4305)
**Author:** [@brianvds](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/brianvds)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [14 November 2014 01:55 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/dr-oz/4305 "2014-11-14T01:55:10Z")
I seldom watch TV, but now and then I catch sight of an episode of Dr. Oz. I have long found him amusing, going on about the vital importance of eating this or that, or five signs that you are about to develop rectal can… --- ## [...and so homeopathy is a cure-all ](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/and-so-homeopathy-is-a-cure-all/4287)
**Author:** [@Brian](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Brian)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [15 August 2014 08:39 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/and-so-homeopathy-is-a-cure-all/4287 "2014-08-15T08:39:11Z")
The Homeopathy Plus website links to an article that claims homeopathy is “a safe and effective way to treat the victims as well as the culprits of domestic violence” and contains a list of remedies for both victims and … --- ## [Ahvaz petition to stop regulating CAM](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/ahvaz-petition-to-stop-regulating-cam/4728)
**Author:** [@Whyohwhy](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Whyohwhy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [22 July 2014 15:35 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/ahvaz-petition-to-stop-regulating-cam/4728 "2014-07-22T15:35:06Z")
Oh dear! I just don’t understand why people feel so strongly that complimentary and alternative medicine should be exempt from being regulated. I bet these same people who might sign this petition are also shouting for … --- ## [Blood Moon](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/blood-moon/4699)
**Author:** [@brianvds](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/brianvds)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [15 April 2014 02:03 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/blood-moon/4699 "2014-04-15T02:03:44Z")
Hmm, just saw a Facebook post by a lady ranting and raving about the wonders of tonight’s blood moon. I asked her to explain; she suggested I Google it, because it is a long story. As indeed it is: So once again, fo… --- ## [Dr. Kurt Perkins on vaccines](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/dr-kurt-perkins-on-vaccines/4690)
**Author:** [@brianvds](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/brianvds)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [5 April 2014 08:08 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/dr-kurt-perkins-on-vaccines/4690 "2014-04-05T08:08:51Z")
This is a rather long article, and perhaps no one will feel like plowing through the whole thing. Especially seeing as it turns out that Dr. Perkins is a chiropractor: http://www.drkurtperkins.com/2012/05/my-crystal-cle… --- ## [Whats the harm](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/whats-the-harm/4597)
**Author:** [@Mogz](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Mogz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [10 March 2014 09:25 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/whats-the-harm/4597 "2014-03-10T09:25:55Z")
Hey everyone I’m new here. Just thought I’d introduce myself by sharing a great website I’ve found: http://whatstheharm.net/ A lot of people continue to follow CAM therapy because they believe there is no harm. I think … --- ## [From NHI election promises to dagga an homeopathy...](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/from-nhi-election-promises-to-dagga-an-homeopathy/4668)
**Author:** [@The\_Vulcan](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/The_Vulcan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [2 March 2014 16:03 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/from-nhi-election-promises-to-dagga-an-homeopathy/4668 "2014-03-02T16:03:08Z")
Pravin Gordan yesterday kept bringing up the national development plan and paid lip service to the national health insurance plan, saying it will be discussed in parliament, who knows, maybe in the next century or so… wa… --- ## [Nigerian grad student uses magnets to 'prove' gay marriage is wrong](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/nigerian-grad-student-uses-magnets-to-prove-gay-marriage-is-wrong/4577)
**Author:** [@brianvds](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/brianvds)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [18 September 2013 13:02 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/nigerian-grad-student-uses-magnets-to-prove-gay-marriage-is-wrong/4577 "2013-09-18T13:02:24Z")
Well, there you have it… Nigerian grad student uses magnets to ‘prove’ gay marriage is wrong --- ## [Study linking autism with vaccinations is recanted](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/study-linking-autism-with-vaccinations-is-recanted/2769)
**Author:** [@BoogieMonster](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/BoogieMonster)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [21 May 2013 16:38 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/study-linking-autism-with-vaccinations-is-recanted/2769 "2013-05-21T16:38:58Z")
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/medical-journal-recants-1998-study-linking-autism-to-vaccine/article1453309/ Excellent news! Hopefully nature-loving non-vaccinating woo-heads will not still refer to this as “v… --- ## [Herbal cancer 'cure' doctor faces sentencing.](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/herbal-cancer-cure-doctor-faces-sentencing/4499)
**Author:** [@Hermes](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Hermes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [17 May 2013 11:55 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/herbal-cancer-cure-doctor-faces-sentencing/4499 "2013-05-17T11:55:57Z")
A Los Angeles doctor is facing sentencing after peddling a herbal ‘cure’ for cancer. Times Live May this happen more often. --- ## [All autistic kids are atheists, and atheism is form of autism, says association ](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/all-autistic-kids-are-atheists-and-atheism-is-form-of-autism-says-association/4485)
**Author:** [@mdg](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/mdg)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [24 April 2013 06:01 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/all-autistic-kids-are-atheists-and-atheism-is-form-of-autism-says-association/4485 "2013-04-24T06:01:21Z")
Just when I think the level of human stupidity can no longer surprise me, an article like this comes along. The head of Adana’s Health and Education Association for Autistic Children, sociologist Fehmi Kaya, recently ca… --- ## [Cancer patients who use alternative medicine die sooner](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/cancer-patients-who-use-alternative-medicine-die-sooner/4478)
**Author:** [@mdg](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/mdg)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [19 April 2013 08:43 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/cancer-patients-who-use-alternative-medicine-die-sooner/4478 "2013-04-19T08:43:35Z")
A post from Ezard Ernst this morning about research confirming what most of us have known all along… Published Thursday 18 April 2013 Many cancer patients use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), … --- ## [There are quacks everywhere](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/there-are-quacks-everywhere/4433)
**Author:** [@benguela](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/benguela)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [22 February 2013 19:32 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/there-are-quacks-everywhere/4433 "2013-02-22T19:32:40Z")
My ex-vet prescribed homeopathic medicine. My ex-physio used all sorts of quasi physio gadgetry, laser, ultra-sound etc I went to an optometrist today whom started asking suspect questions that I challenged, turns out … --- ## [Darwin award survivor](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/darwin-award-survivor/4337)
**Author:** [@brianvds](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/brianvds)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [16 November 2012 15:52 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/darwin-award-survivor/4337 "2012-11-16T15:52:08Z")
Hmm, most Darwin awards are awarded posthumously. But that is of course not essential: one may qualify for the award as long as ones genes are effectively removed from the pool. Like in the case of this bloke: http://ww… --- ## [Headache cures](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/headache-cures/4307)
**Author:** [@Faerie](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Faerie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [6 November 2012 12:27 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/headache-cures/4307 "2012-11-06T12:27:23Z")
I woke up around midnight with a serious case of sinusitis. Hubby offered a Sinutab which I declined and I opened up a couple extra windows in the bedroom instead for some (more) fresh air. Around 5am I woke with a wopp… [Next page](https://forum.skepticza.org/c/skepticism/junk-science-and-alternative-medicine/14.md?page=1)