Yes, it’s the season for the ‘1o best/most/etc.’ and I don’t want to be left behind, of course. Let me therefore present to you the most noteworthy so-called alternative medicines (SCAMs) and related subjects that we discussed here in 2023.
- British politician punished for calling COVID-vaccination the “biggest crime against humanity since the holocaust” Thursday 12 January 2023, 98 Replies
- Quackademia galore: An Oxford ‘university’ starts a course in ‘veterinary chiropractic’
Tuesday 24 January 2023, 9 Replies - The ‘Lightning Process’ (LP), an effective therapy for ME? Thursday 30 March 2023, 12 Replies
- Homeopathy for cancer? Unsurprisingly, the evidence is not positive. Saturday 22 April 2023, 50 Replies
- Guess who is the new ‘HEAD OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL HOUSEHOLD’ Monday 08 May 2023, 14 Replies
- Classical homeopathy worsens the prognosis of patients infected with COVID-19. Wednesday 14 June 2023, 11 Replies
- Novak Djokovic made tennis history – doped by the ‘TAOPATCH’ device he had glued to his chest?? Monday 19 June 2023, 12 Replies
- Our struggle to publish criticism of a questionable homeopathy paper Saturday 08 July 2023, 11 Replies
- King Charles: reflexology to help women getting pregnant? Wednesday 26 July 2023, 4 Replies
- REVISITED: Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council’s review of homeopathy Tuesday 08 August 2023, 36 Replies
- The spiritual healers who sexually harass, molest, and rape female patients Friday 11 August 2023, 7 Replies
- Pediatric care by chiropractors borders on child abuse Friday 08 September 2023, 11 Replies
- Homeopathic remedies are placebos, and the positive effects some patients experience are not due to the remedy Monday 11 September 2023, 3 Replies
- Camel urine as a treatment for cancer patients? Friday 22 September 2023, 5 Replies
- ‘Blood Electrification’: A little-known panacea – no, I am kidding, of course! Thursday 28 September 2023, 4 Replies
- Selling bleach as ‘miracle’ cure (MMS): Father and three sons are going to prison Tuesday 10 October 2023, 1 Reply
- A TCM mixture improves the prognosis of heart attacks? If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is! Sunday 29 October 2023
- Bioenergy therapies for cancer: implausible, ineffective, and an unethical waste of money
Sunday 12 November 2023, 3 Replies - The current recommendations for acupuncture by NICE Wednesday 22 November 2023, 4 Replies
- The new WHO guideline for the management of chronic low back pain. Focus: spinal manipulation Wednesday 27 December 2023, 8 Replies
Originally, I had aimed at finding the 10 most remarkable posts. As you see, I failed and listed (in chronological order a total of 20) – sorry!
Having posted well over 300 articles in 2023, I was simply unable to boil it down to just 10.
Perhaps you can help?
Please nominate your favourites.
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Thanks for listing these outrageous scams. Most do nothing, except detract from the real problem and fleece their clients.
A scam widely promoted in 2023 is the transgendering of children, with puberty blockers and genital surgery. This not only detracts from the real problem (temporary gender dysphoria occasioned at times in childhood), but leaves the patient in a sexual no-mans-land, with no adequate reversal if remorse sets in.
I am not a physician, but my wife is a retired pediatrician and child psychiatrist. She is supporting a bill here in New Hampshire (HB 619) banning this particular scam. 20 other states have banned it, and 28 are considering a ban.
Anything and everything promoted and/or hawked by The Queen of Quackery, Her Goop-iness Gwyneth is worth putting on your list of remarkable SCAMs. Therefore, I nominate the following
https://edzardernst.com/2023/03/ozon-therapy-gwyneth-seems-to-like-it/
https://edzardernst.com/2023/01/time-for-gwyneth-paltrows-emotional-detox-bath-soak/
As every year, I am amazed how much work you put in exposing quacks and charlatans on this blog. I wish you a great 2024, may you and your friends & family be well & healthy!
thanks
same to you.