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 21''st Century Technology -- This site contains history of the development of a new technology, which will relate to cancer.
ABC of Complementary Medicine - What is Alternative Medicine -- A review article from the British Medical Journal on Alternative and Complementary medicine
Alternative medicine and quackery -- Alternative medicine and quackery: what various alternative healing methods exist? For what diseases? Mainly critical viewpoints.
Center for Alternative Medicine Research in Cancer -- Fairly comprehensive site by University of Texas~Houston Health Science Center dedicated to investigating the effectiveness of alternative/complementary therapies used for cancer prevention and control.
Complete Cancer Care: Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- Brief look at some alternative therapies. Includes an extract from the Canadian Medical Association Journal, entitled, "A patient''s guide to choosing unconventional therapies."
Deepak Chopra and Maharishi Ayurvedic Medicine -- A summary of material, including the scientific status of ayurveda and quantum healing, by Thomas J. Wheeler, Ph.D. The following article originally appeared in BASIS, the newsletter of the Bay Area Skeptics.
Health Care Reality Check -- Answers to frequently asked questions on alternative and complementary medicine.
Health Claims: Separating Fact From Fiction -- Federal Trade Commission tips on buying health-related products.
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.
NCAHF - Position Paper on Chiropractic -- National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF): "chiropractic constitutes a major consumer health problem."
NYH HealthCare Communications/Medical Writing Group -- Healthcare-related communucations.
QuackWatch -- Operated by
Rocky Mountain Skeptics--Failed Alternative Medicine Page -- Have you had a bad experience with alternative medicine? We want to hear about it!
The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine -- The only peer-reviewed medical journal dedicated exclusively to carefully assessing the claims, treatments, and hypotheses of unconventional medicine.
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.

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