The case concerns an e-mail sent by Tim Bolen, a publicist for alternative medicine practitioners. While working for Hulda Clark, Bolen distributed a missive online that attacked Stephen Barrett and Terry Polevoy, medical doctors who publicly criticize what they consider quackery. Among other things, Bolen’s letter accused Polevoy of stalking a Canadian radio reporter and [...]
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Espiritismo (Spanish for “Spiritism”) is the Latin American and Caribbean belief that good and evil spirits can affect health, luck and other elements of human life. Its shares many fundamental concepts with Spiritualism as popularized in 19th century and early 20th century United States. During this period, several books on mediumship and spiritual practices became [...]
Anderson’s books are fairly popular, and recently two omnibuses of his work have been published. The following is a list of the books written by him: * ”Nine Maneaters And One Rogue” (1954) * ”The Black Panther of Sivanipalli and Other Adventures of the Indian Jungle” (1959) * ”Jungles Long Ago * ”Man Eaters and [...]
On December 27, 2008, Maggiore died at the age of 52. She was under a doctor’s care and was being treated for what was originally reported as pneumonia. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office stated Maggiore had been treated for pneumonia in the six months prior to her death as well. A doctor familiar with [...]
Max Gerson (18 October 1881–8 March 1959) was a German physician who developed the Gerson Therapy, an alternative dietary therapy which he claimed could cure cancer and most chronic, degenerative diseases. Gerson described his approach in the book ”A Cancer Therapy: Results of 50 Cases”. However, when Gerson’s claims were independently evaluated by the National [...]
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is a form of alternative psychotherapy that purports to manipulate the body’s energy field by tapping on acupuncture points while a specific traumatic memory is focused on, in order to alleviate a psychological problem. Critics have described the theory behind EFT as pseudoscientific and have suggested that any utility stems from [...]
Kevin Mark Trudeau (born February 6, 1963) is an American author, infomercial salesman, radio personality and a self-proclaimed advocate of alternative medicine. He is best known for a number of controversial television infomercials promoting his products, and for several books including ”Natural Cures “They” Don’t Want You to Know About”; according to Trudeau, the US [...]
ACU encompasses a broad range of health professionals serving diverse patient populations in widely varying practice settings and geographic areas. ACU’s definition of comprehensive health care includes medical, oral, complementary and alternative medicine, behavioral and pharmaceutical care services. ACU believes in transdisciplinary care—a holistic approach to patient assessment and treatment through a highly collaborative team [...]
Functional medicine is an alternative medicine that focuses on improving physiological function as a primary method of improving the health of patients with chronic diseases. The Institute for Functional Medicine defines this approach as “personalized medicine that deals with primary prevention and underlying causes, instead of symptoms, for serious chronic disease”. Functional medicine practitioners provide [...]
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