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Health fraud falls into two broad classes - telling people lies that may kill them or someone else, and stealing from people by selling bogus medicines. The sites listed here provide useful information in the battle against quackery and for people just wanting to find out more about how real medicine works. (A list of sites offering suspect or fraudulent medical advice, products and services can be found at The Millenium Project.)
Articles and other comments in The Millenium Project relevant to health fraud and quackery.
Some articles by other people.
books about Health Fraud.
by Jack Raso and Stephen Barrett (Editor). 
by Jean Mercer, Larry Sarner and Linda Rosa 
by Paul A. Offit 
by Christopher Wanjek 
by Ben Goldacre 
by Peter Doherty 
by Ben Elton 
by Penn & Teller 
by Penn & Teller 
by Penn & Teller 
by Penn & Teller 
by Stephen Barrett and Ronald E. Gots 
by George Magner 
by L. A. Chotkowski 
by Kurt Butler and Stephen Barrett (Editor) 
by David Ramey 
by Seth Kalichman 
by Alice Ottoboni 
by James Randi 
by Andrea Arnold 
by Martin Gardner 
by Stephen Barrett 
by Danny Shanahan 
by Samuel Homola and Stephen Barrett (Editor) 
by David Peters (Editor), Leon Chaitow, Gerry Harris and Sue Morrison 
by Jack Raso and Stephen Barrett (Editor) 
by Preston H. Long 
by Elizabeth Whelan and Fredrick Stare 
by Thomas Browne 
by Perry Lefko and Shannon England 
by John Diamond 
by Paul Benedetti and Wayne Macphail 
by Rose Shapiro 
by Robert Park 
by Bela Scheiber and Carla Selby 
by Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst 
by Steven Foster and Varro E. Tyler 
by John J. Fried and Stephen J. Barrett (Editor) 
by Stephen Barrett Books with reviews:
Books relating to other categories can be found here.
My state government has set up a committee to look at medical quackery. You can see some of the reactions here.
There are sites listed in this category. Please click here for a condensed listing without descriptions of the entries.
125 Fake Cancer 'Cures' Consumers Should Avoid
About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
This web site provides objective information for oncologists and healthcare professionals, including a clinical summary for each agent and details about constituents, adverse effects, interactions, and potential benefits or problems. Evaluations of alternative or unproved cancer therapies are also provided.
Advocates for Children in Therapy
"Advocates for Children in Therapy (ACT) is a non-profit organization concerned about the methods used in the treatment of children’s mental health. Specifically with respect to psychotherapy, parenting techniques, and other mental-health practices applied to children, ACT advocates humane, non-violent and scientifically validated treatments, and seeks to eliminate inhumane, abusive and unvalidated practices".
"AllRefer Health's mission is to be the Internet’s most trusted and extensive information resource for health and medical content. We will achieve this aim by presenting objective, comprehensive, up-to-date health information in a clear and concise format for consumers and health professionals alike"
Alternative Medicine and Cancer (Peter Moran)
Alzheimer Myths (dental amalgam, aspartame, …)
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Council on Science and Health
Founded in 1978, and directed and advised by the world's leading scientists, physicians, and policy advisors — ACSH is a non-profit, consumer education organization dedicated to providing the public with mainstream scientific information on issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health.
American Medical Association Journal of Ethics
Americans for Medical Progress
"Americans for Medical Progress is a non-profit organization whose mission is to protect society's investment in research. To that end, we promote public understanding of and support for the appropriate role of animals in biomedical research so that scientists are able to continue their quest for cures and improved methods of treatment for illness, injury and disease".
Aromatherapy Debunked and Defended (Anya McCoy)
See what a true believer thinks of the scams and outrageous claims of some aromatherapists and essential oil peddlers.
This site has been developed to provide comprehensive information about Aspartame and serve as a reference for sound, scientific data.
Association of Online Cancer Resources
Australian Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting System
In this system, you can report a case of a suspected adverse reaction in association with a medicine (including complementary, OTC or prescription) or a vaccine.
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
The Australian False Memory Association
"The Australian False Memory Association abhors child abuse. It is concerned about the serious individual and social effects of Recovered Memories. This includes the impact on the accusers, those who recover false memories of child abuse, and individuals and families devastated by false accusation. All are victims of memory".
The official journal of The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. It is a peer reviewed journal publishing original articles and reviews dedicated to meeting the ongoing educational requirements of general practitioners.
The Australian Nutrition Foundation Inc (Nutrition Australia)
Australian Patient Safety Foundation
Quacks love to say that real medicine doesn't do anything to increase patient safety. They are wrong.
"Australian Prescriber is an independent publication providing readily accessible information about drugs and therapeutics. It covers topics assisting doctors, dentists, pharmacists and students"
Australian Skeptics at Yahoo!7 (Peter Bowdiitch)
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)
"ASDs are a group of developmental disabilities that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges. CDC estimates that an average of 1 in 150 children in the U.S have an ASD. CDC is working to find out how many children have ASDs, discover the risk factors, and raise awareness of the signs"
Bad Science (2) (Ben Goldacre)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is dedicated to improving people's lives by sharing advances in health and learning with the global community.
Biomedical Search - Medical Research and Health Resources
"BioMedSearch is a biomedical search engine that contains NIH/PubMed documents, plus a large collection of theses, dissertations, and other publications not found anywhere else for free, making it the most comprehensive free search on the web".
"CancerGuide is dedicated to helping you find the answers to your questions about cancer, and especially to helping you find the questions you need to ask".
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
Children's Healthcare Is a Legal Duty (CHILD, Inc.)
Children's Healthcare Is a Legal Duty (CHILD, Inc.) is a non-profit national membership organization established in 1983 to protect children from abusive religious and cultural practices, especially religion-based medical neglect. CHILD opposes religious exemptions from duties of care for children.
A skeptical guide to chiropractic history, theories, and current practices
Chirotalk: The Skeptical Chiropractic Discussion Forum
The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more. Cochrane reviews bring you the combined results of the world’s best medical research studies, and are recognised as the gold standard in evidence-based health care.
The Cochrane Library (Australian access)
Free access to the Cochrane Library for Australian residents
Code of Conduct for health providers in NSW
The Code of Conduct for health care practitioners in the state of New South Wales, Australia, applying to persons who are not registered medical practitioners or who are acting outside the ambit of their registration. This means YOU, quacks.
The Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health
Communicable Diseases Intelligence
CDI aims to disseminate information on the epidemiology and control of communicable disease in Australia.
How to complain to the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission about the conduct of both real doctors and those who pretend to be doctors.
Verify medical credentials online.
Current Issues in Alternative Medicine
CINAM is a Christian based information and resource organization which seeks to educate the church as well as the wider audience of health consumers about issues which occur with “alternative” and other fringe health practices. CINAM evaluates alternative health practices, products, and promoters, considering both science and the spiritual / philosophical issues. Of particular interest is mis-information, quackery, health fraud, and spiritual world view.
DC's Improbable Science (David Colquhoun)
Debunking Thought Field Therapy (Brandon Gaudiano)
"If you like a good, broad mix of Science - new science, hard science, pop science, historical science and very silly science, listen to Diffusion"
Directory of Open Access Journals - Medicine (General)
The Drug Industry Document Archive
(DIDA) contains thousands of documents and resources about pharmaceutical industry clinical trials, publication of study results, pricing, marketing, relations with physicians and involvement in continuing medical education.
Most of these previously secret internal documents were made public as a result of lawsuits against a number of pharmaceutical companies including: Merck & Co., Parke-Davis, Warner-Lambert, Wyeth, and Pfizer. For further information on documents connected to these lawsuits, please consult The Documents.
"DrugWatch.com is a comprehensive Web site featuring extensive information about thousands of different medications and drugs currently on the market or previously available worldwide. DrugWatch.com includes up-to-date information about prescription and over-the-counter medications and includes details about associated side effects to aid in the protection of patients and consumers".
Published in January 1998, the Expanded Dictionary of Metaphysical Healthcare describes over 1200 healthcare methods having a mystical or supernaturalistic basis. Most of the descriptions are not evaluative, because few unnaturalistic methods have been the object of scientific experimentation and by their nature they are generally not amenable to objective validation. However, by conveying the central ideas of these numerous methods, the information compiled by Mr. Raso provides valuable clues as to the efficacy of metaphysical healthcare methods.
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