Opposing Views

ABC of Complementary Medicine - What is Alternative Medicine
A review article from the British Medical Journal on Alternative and Complementary medicine.
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/319/7211/693

Alternative Medicine
Scientist Vic Stenger's page on alternative medicine and quackery. Articles on homeopathy, energy healing and the science of prayer.
http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/alt.html

Alternative Medicine and Quackery
Alternative medicine and quackery: what various alternative healing methods exist? For what diseases? Mainly critical viewpoints.
http://www.stelling.nl/simpos/health.htm

Anti-Quackery Resources
A collection of anti-quackery links and tools.
http://www.geocities.com/healthbase/anti_quack_sites.html

CINAM
Examines alternative (complementary) medicine from an evangelical Christian viewpoint using objective science and biblically based criteria.
http://www.cinam.net/

Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Information from the American Cancer Society.
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/ETO_5.asp?sitearea=ETO

Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Systemic reviews, meta analyses and generall information on alternative medicine from the Oxford University.
http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html

Debunking the Paranormal
A science writer's guide to debunking pseudoscience, the paranormal, homeopathy, and other far out claims of alternative medicine.
http://www.aaskolnick.com/paranormal.eyes.htm

Ebm-first.com
Skeptical information on alternative medicine in general and articles on several specific types.
http://www.ebm-first.com/

False Coral Calcium Claims
Explains that the content of coral calcium is not very different from the calcium carbonate found in other supplements.
http://www.healthcastle.com/coralcalcium-scam.shtml

Health Watch UK
Discussion on assessment and testing of treatments and information for the public why only thoroughly tested treatments are safe. Non-profit organization in the UK.
http://www.healthwatch-uk.org/

HealthLink MCW
Offers a question and answer dealing with the safety of alternative medicines.
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/992528763.html

Herbal Triangle
Adverse reactions to alternative herbal remedies and posibility to report them. Site by medical student Lori Anderson.
http://www.absidia.net/herbtri/

HerbalWatch - Consumer Watchdog of the Herbal Industry
Information on the dangers of Herbal products. Some can be harmfull to peoples health.
http://www.herbalwatch.com/

HomeoWatch
A skeptical guide to homeopathy. Homeopathic "remedies" are usually harmless, but their associated misbeliefs are not.
http://www.homeowatch.org/

Hypnosis and Hypnotism
A Christian viewpoint on hypnotherapy.
http://www.spirithome.com/hypnosis.html

Iridology
Information on diagnoses one can really observe in the eye, and why iridology is fraud.
http://your-doctor.com/patient_info/alternative_remedies/various_therapy/fraud_topics/bogus_tests_tx/iridology.html

The Millenium Project
Uncovers promoters of quackery and those who lie about the dangers of vaccines. A list with a several hundred fundamental websites, commentaries on fraudulent organisations and sites, hate-mail from uncovered quacks, tributes and awards.
http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/

Monterrey Wellness Center Makes Me Sick
Personal opinion about James Davidson, proprietor, currently under a 63 count indictment in Tennessee for fraud for claiming to cure cancer.
http://members.tripod.com/lorihoeksema0/

My Ordeal as a Patient of Dr. Christiane Northrup M.D.
A true story that raises serious questions concerning the absence of accountability in physicians who market themselves as holistic.
http://users.rcn.com/cabbidge/Index.html

NYH HealthCare Communications Group
Healthcare-related communications from Nancy Yanes-Hoffman.
http://www.nyhwriter.com/

The Quack-Files
Critical reviews, specially of alternative medicine. Provides resources and links on quackery, alternative medicine and health fraud.
http://www.geocities.com/healthbase/

QuackWatch
Nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. Information on quackery, questionable therapies and products.
http://www.quackwatch.org/

Rocky Mountain Skeptics - Failed Alternative Medicine
A database of negative testimony.
http://www.rationalmagic.com/RMS/rms-altmd.htm

Why Therapies May Seem to Work (Even When They Don't)
Reasons care givers and their clients who rely on anecdotal evidence and uncontrolled observations may erroneously conclude that therapies work.
http://www.horsemagazine.com/CLINIC/R/RAMEY_DAVID/Ramey.html