Dr. Stephen Barrett on C-Health: Your Health and Wellness Source
Dr. Stephen Barrett on C-Health: Your Health and Wellness Source
Columns
PART THREE OF THREE Apr. 25, 2002
PART TWO OF THREE Apr. 18, 2002
PART ONE OF THREE Apr. 11, 2002
Can testimonials be checked? Apr. 4, 2002
Diet not the answer for cancer Mar. 28, 2002
Quackbusters attack U.S. Presidential commission report Mar. 21, 2002
Benefits of full-body CT scans questionable Mar. 14, 2002
Insiders blast chiropractic brochures Mar. 7, 2002
Can reflexology cure illness? Feb. 28, 2002
Are HealthPrints like fingerprints? Feb. 21, 2002
Salves worthless against cancer Feb. 14, 2002
Neck manipulation may cause strokes Feb. 7, 2002
The dark side of multilevel marketing Jan. 31, 2002
Glucosamine for Arthritis Jan. 24, 2002
Magnetic device won't cure cancer Jan. 17, 2002
Health Canada Hits Ephedra Products Jan. 10, 2002
Antioxidant supplements may be harmful Jan. 3, 2002
What does homeopathic research tell us? Dec. 27, 2001
Laws of chemistry work against homeopathy Dec. 20, 2001
Homeopathy's "laws" are unproven Dec. 13, 2001
Notes on Homeopathy's History Dec. 6, 2001
Dubious claims for "Biostructural Medicine" Nov. 29, 2001
Phony breast enlarger facing court action Nov. 22, 2001
New Book Raps "Alternative" Cancer Treatments Nov. 15, 2001
Dubious "Yeast Allergies" Nov. 8, 2001
Contour Analysis is a Dubious Screening Test Nov. 1, 2001
Why Spam Should Be Ignored Oct. 25, 2001
Be Wary of "Holistic Dentistry" Oct. 18, 2001
Can a Low-Fat Diet Reverse Atherosclerosis? Oct. 11, 2001
Examining Advertising Claims Oct. 4, 2001
Oxygen hype is hot air Sep. 27, 2001
Be Wary of Disclaimers Sep. 27, 2001
Mail-Order Fakery Sep. 20, 2001
The Grape Cure Sep. 13, 2001
Alternative healer faces legal action Sep. 6, 2001
E-mail Health and Safety Hoaxes Aug. 30, 2001
Be Wary of "Enzyme Deficiency" Claims Aug. 23, 2001
Craniosacral Therapy Aug. 16, 2001
Vulnerability to Quackery Aug. 9, 2001
"Psychic" Hotlines Aug. 2, 2001
"Bulking Agents" and Weight Control Jul. 26, 2001
Kirlian Photography Jul. 19, 2001
Cellular Therapy Jul. 12, 2001
"Personalized" Vitamins Jul. 5, 2001
How to Choose a Chiropractor Jun. 29, 2001
Dubious Chiropractic Nutrition Jun. 22, 2001
Overselling the Spine Jun. 15, 2001
Chiropractic's Elusive "Subluxation" Jun. 8, 2001
Introduction to chiropractic Jun. 1, 2001
Secretin found ineffective for treating autism May. 25, 2001
Contact Reflex Analysis is nonsense May. 18, 2001
Live Blood Cell Analysis is bunkum May. 11, 2001
How to live forever May. 4, 2001
Strange healing systems unproven Apr. 27, 2001
Where to get professional nutrition advice Apr. 20, 2001
"Wilson's Syndrome": a bogus diagnosis Apr. 12, 2001
The Internet helps to foil a cancer quack Apr. 6, 2001
"Miraculous Recoveries" from Cancer Mar. 30, 2001
Negative reports on some "alternative" cancer treatments Mar. 23, 2001
Some Notes on "Therapeutic Touch" Mar. 16, 2001
Be Wary of "Fad" Diagnoses Mar. 9, 2001
Juice Plus+(r) doesn't live up to claims Mar. 2, 2001
Many mercury tests are scams Feb. 23, 2001
"Invisible Forces" Flunk Tests Feb. 16, 2001
Beware of multilevel marketing Feb. 9, 2001
Low-carbohydrate diets Feb. 1, 2001
Why homeopathy makes no sense Jan. 25, 2001
Hydrazine sulfate Jan. 19, 2001
Colloidal Silver: Risk without Benefit Jan. 8, 2001
Who will "Organic" certification protect? Dec. 27, 2000
Dubious Urine/Saliva Testing Dec. 20, 2000
The Allure of Multilevel Marketing Dec. 14, 2000
"Health Freedom" Dec. 6, 2000
How Cancer Quackery Fools People Nov. 29, 2000
Laetrile spammers ordered to stop Nov. 27, 2000
Muscle-Testing for "Allergies" and "Deficiencies" Nov. 16, 2000
What Does the HONcode Mean? Nov. 8, 2000
The Mercury-Amalgam Scare Nov. 3, 2000
Iridology is Nonsense Oct. 25, 2000
Don't Buy "Anti-Cellulite" Pills Oct. 18, 2000
The Cellulite and Body Wrap Scam Oct. 12, 2000
Hulda Clark's "Cure for All Cancers" Oct. 4, 2000
Aromatherapy Flunks "Court Test" Sep. 27, 2000
A Phony Magnetic Cancer Cure Sep. 20, 2000
Weight-loss product makes impossible claims Sep. 13, 2000
Be Wary of "Calorie-Blockers" Sep. 6, 2000
Questionable Treatments for Learning Disabilities and Autism Aug. 30, 2000
Be Wary of Multiple Sclerosis "Cures" Aug. 23, 2000
Quackery By Mail Aug. 16, 2000
The Florsheim Magnetic Shoe Story Aug. 9, 2000
Vitamin C Is Not Effective against Cancer Aug. 2, 2000
Ten Ways to Avoid Being Quacked Jul. 26, 2000
Ear Candling Jul. 19, 2000
Herbal Treatment Jul. 12, 2000
Hair Analysis: What Can It Tell You? Jul. 5, 2000
Is There a Conspiracy to Suppress Cancer Cures? Jun. 28, 2000
Endorsements Don't Guarantee Reliability Jun. 21, 2000
Back Pain: Does VAX-D(r) Therapy Make Sense? Jun. 14, 2000
Nutritional credentials questioned Jun. 7, 2000
Chelation Therapy: Long on Claims, Short on Evidence May. 31, 2000
Be Wary of Phony "Electrodiagnostic" Devices May. 24, 2000
How Quacks Can Fool People May. 17, 2000
How vitamins may protect your heart May. 10, 2000
Who Might Need Vitamin Supplements? May. 3, 2000
Can Vitamin C Help Fight Colds? Apr. 26, 2000
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About Dr. Barrett
Stephen Barrett, M.D., a retired psychiatrist who resides in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is a well known author, editor, and consumer advocate. An expert in medical communications, he is medical editor of Prometheus Books and consulting editor of Nutrition Forum, a newsletter emphasizing the exposure of fads, fallacies and quackery.
His 47 books include The Health Robbers: A Close Look at Quackery in America and five editions of the college textbook Consumer Health: A Guide to Intelligent Decisions.
One book he edited, Vitamins and Minerals: Help or Harm?, by Charles Marshall, Ph.D., won the American Medical Writers Association award for best book of 1983 for the general public and became a special publication of Consumer Reports Books. His other book projects include Dubious Cancer Treatment, published by the Florida Division of the American Cancer Society; Health Schemes, Scams, and Frauds, published by Consumer Reports Books; The Vitamin Pushers: How the Health Food Industry Is Selling America a Bill of Goods, published by Prometheus Books; and Reader's Guide to "Alternative" Health Methods, published by the American Medical Association.
Dr. Barrett is board chairman of Quackwatch, a board member of the National Council Against Health Fraud, a Scientific Advisor to the American Council on Science and Health, and a Fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP). He serves on several editorial boards and is a peer-review panelist for three of the world's leading medical journals.
In 1984, Dr. Barrett received an FDA Commissioner's Special Citation Award for Public Service in fighting nutrition quackery. In 1986, he was awarded honorary membership in the American Dietetic Association.
In 1999, U.S. News & World Reports rated his Quackwatch Web site as one of the top three medical sites on the Internet. In March 2001, he will receive the American Association for Health Education's Distinguished Service to Health Education Award.
For more information contact:
Stephen Barrett, M.D.Board Chairman, Quackwatch, Inc.
email: sbinfo@quackwatch.org
Telephone: (610) 437-1795
On the Net:
http://www.quackwatch.org/
=====================================================
There are many more sites in the Quackwatch family of consumer protection websites:
Quackwatch Sites and Affiliates
Health care consumer protection when it is best!
Columns
PART THREE OF THREE Apr. 25, 2002
PART TWO OF THREE Apr. 18, 2002
PART ONE OF THREE Apr. 11, 2002
Can testimonials be checked? Apr. 4, 2002
Diet not the answer for cancer Mar. 28, 2002
Quackbusters attack U.S. Presidential commission report Mar. 21, 2002
Benefits of full-body CT scans questionable Mar. 14, 2002
Insiders blast chiropractic brochures Mar. 7, 2002
Can reflexology cure illness? Feb. 28, 2002
Are HealthPrints like fingerprints? Feb. 21, 2002
Salves worthless against cancer Feb. 14, 2002
Neck manipulation may cause strokes Feb. 7, 2002
The dark side of multilevel marketing Jan. 31, 2002
Glucosamine for Arthritis Jan. 24, 2002
Magnetic device won't cure cancer Jan. 17, 2002
Health Canada Hits Ephedra Products Jan. 10, 2002
Antioxidant supplements may be harmful Jan. 3, 2002
What does homeopathic research tell us? Dec. 27, 2001
Laws of chemistry work against homeopathy Dec. 20, 2001
Homeopathy's "laws" are unproven Dec. 13, 2001
Notes on Homeopathy's History Dec. 6, 2001
Dubious claims for "Biostructural Medicine" Nov. 29, 2001
Phony breast enlarger facing court action Nov. 22, 2001
New Book Raps "Alternative" Cancer Treatments Nov. 15, 2001
Dubious "Yeast Allergies" Nov. 8, 2001
Contour Analysis is a Dubious Screening Test Nov. 1, 2001
Why Spam Should Be Ignored Oct. 25, 2001
Be Wary of "Holistic Dentistry" Oct. 18, 2001
Can a Low-Fat Diet Reverse Atherosclerosis? Oct. 11, 2001
Examining Advertising Claims Oct. 4, 2001
Oxygen hype is hot air Sep. 27, 2001
Be Wary of Disclaimers Sep. 27, 2001
Mail-Order Fakery Sep. 20, 2001
The Grape Cure Sep. 13, 2001
Alternative healer faces legal action Sep. 6, 2001
E-mail Health and Safety Hoaxes Aug. 30, 2001
Be Wary of "Enzyme Deficiency" Claims Aug. 23, 2001
Craniosacral Therapy Aug. 16, 2001
Vulnerability to Quackery Aug. 9, 2001
"Psychic" Hotlines Aug. 2, 2001
"Bulking Agents" and Weight Control Jul. 26, 2001
Kirlian Photography Jul. 19, 2001
Cellular Therapy Jul. 12, 2001
"Personalized" Vitamins Jul. 5, 2001
How to Choose a Chiropractor Jun. 29, 2001
Dubious Chiropractic Nutrition Jun. 22, 2001
Overselling the Spine Jun. 15, 2001
Chiropractic's Elusive "Subluxation" Jun. 8, 2001
Introduction to chiropractic Jun. 1, 2001
Secretin found ineffective for treating autism May. 25, 2001
Contact Reflex Analysis is nonsense May. 18, 2001
Live Blood Cell Analysis is bunkum May. 11, 2001
How to live forever May. 4, 2001
Strange healing systems unproven Apr. 27, 2001
Where to get professional nutrition advice Apr. 20, 2001
"Wilson's Syndrome": a bogus diagnosis Apr. 12, 2001
The Internet helps to foil a cancer quack Apr. 6, 2001
"Miraculous Recoveries" from Cancer Mar. 30, 2001
Negative reports on some "alternative" cancer treatments Mar. 23, 2001
Some Notes on "Therapeutic Touch" Mar. 16, 2001
Be Wary of "Fad" Diagnoses Mar. 9, 2001
Juice Plus+(r) doesn't live up to claims Mar. 2, 2001
Many mercury tests are scams Feb. 23, 2001
"Invisible Forces" Flunk Tests Feb. 16, 2001
Beware of multilevel marketing Feb. 9, 2001
Low-carbohydrate diets Feb. 1, 2001
Why homeopathy makes no sense Jan. 25, 2001
Hydrazine sulfate Jan. 19, 2001
Colloidal Silver: Risk without Benefit Jan. 8, 2001
Who will "Organic" certification protect? Dec. 27, 2000
Dubious Urine/Saliva Testing Dec. 20, 2000
The Allure of Multilevel Marketing Dec. 14, 2000
"Health Freedom" Dec. 6, 2000
How Cancer Quackery Fools People Nov. 29, 2000
Laetrile spammers ordered to stop Nov. 27, 2000
Muscle-Testing for "Allergies" and "Deficiencies" Nov. 16, 2000
What Does the HONcode Mean? Nov. 8, 2000
The Mercury-Amalgam Scare Nov. 3, 2000
Iridology is Nonsense Oct. 25, 2000
Don't Buy "Anti-Cellulite" Pills Oct. 18, 2000
The Cellulite and Body Wrap Scam Oct. 12, 2000
Hulda Clark's "Cure for All Cancers" Oct. 4, 2000
Aromatherapy Flunks "Court Test" Sep. 27, 2000
A Phony Magnetic Cancer Cure Sep. 20, 2000
Weight-loss product makes impossible claims Sep. 13, 2000
Be Wary of "Calorie-Blockers" Sep. 6, 2000
Questionable Treatments for Learning Disabilities and Autism Aug. 30, 2000
Be Wary of Multiple Sclerosis "Cures" Aug. 23, 2000
Quackery By Mail Aug. 16, 2000
The Florsheim Magnetic Shoe Story Aug. 9, 2000
Vitamin C Is Not Effective against Cancer Aug. 2, 2000
Ten Ways to Avoid Being Quacked Jul. 26, 2000
Ear Candling Jul. 19, 2000
Herbal Treatment Jul. 12, 2000
Hair Analysis: What Can It Tell You? Jul. 5, 2000
Is There a Conspiracy to Suppress Cancer Cures? Jun. 28, 2000
Endorsements Don't Guarantee Reliability Jun. 21, 2000
Back Pain: Does VAX-D(r) Therapy Make Sense? Jun. 14, 2000
Nutritional credentials questioned Jun. 7, 2000
Chelation Therapy: Long on Claims, Short on Evidence May. 31, 2000
Be Wary of Phony "Electrodiagnostic" Devices May. 24, 2000
How Quacks Can Fool People May. 17, 2000
How vitamins may protect your heart May. 10, 2000
Who Might Need Vitamin Supplements? May. 3, 2000
Can Vitamin C Help Fight Colds? Apr. 26, 2000
=====================================================
About Dr. Barrett
Stephen Barrett, M.D., a retired psychiatrist who resides in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is a well known author, editor, and consumer advocate. An expert in medical communications, he is medical editor of Prometheus Books and consulting editor of Nutrition Forum, a newsletter emphasizing the exposure of fads, fallacies and quackery.
His 47 books include The Health Robbers: A Close Look at Quackery in America and five editions of the college textbook Consumer Health: A Guide to Intelligent Decisions.
One book he edited, Vitamins and Minerals: Help or Harm?, by Charles Marshall, Ph.D., won the American Medical Writers Association award for best book of 1983 for the general public and became a special publication of Consumer Reports Books. His other book projects include Dubious Cancer Treatment, published by the Florida Division of the American Cancer Society; Health Schemes, Scams, and Frauds, published by Consumer Reports Books; The Vitamin Pushers: How the Health Food Industry Is Selling America a Bill of Goods, published by Prometheus Books; and Reader's Guide to "Alternative" Health Methods, published by the American Medical Association.
Dr. Barrett is board chairman of Quackwatch, a board member of the National Council Against Health Fraud, a Scientific Advisor to the American Council on Science and Health, and a Fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP). He serves on several editorial boards and is a peer-review panelist for three of the world's leading medical journals.
In 1984, Dr. Barrett received an FDA Commissioner's Special Citation Award for Public Service in fighting nutrition quackery. In 1986, he was awarded honorary membership in the American Dietetic Association.
In 1999, U.S. News & World Reports rated his Quackwatch Web site as one of the top three medical sites on the Internet. In March 2001, he will receive the American Association for Health Education's Distinguished Service to Health Education Award.
For more information contact:
Stephen Barrett, M.D.Board Chairman, Quackwatch, Inc.
email: sbinfo@quackwatch.org
Telephone: (610) 437-1795
On the Net:
http://www.quackwatch.org/
=====================================================
There are many more sites in the Quackwatch family of consumer protection websites:
Quackwatch Sites and Affiliates
Health care consumer protection when it is best!
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