'Charlatan' chronicles medical quackery
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"Charlatan" (Crown Publishing Group, 336 pages, $24.95), by Pope Brock: Goat testicles to restore virility. An electric hat that grows hair. Healing blue light from a "quartz ray" bulb.
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Foetal medicine pioneer attacks unnecessary and expensive treatments.
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Scientist claims he was duped into film appearance.
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An unsurprising response from the FDA.
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A study intended to demonstrate the safety of a diabetes treatment seems, instead, to have added to the controversy.
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The curative power of yogurt to prevent cases of thrush when taking antibiotics has been debunked by a University of Melbourne researcher.
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Three out of five doctors in a Jerusalem study admit to giving their patients placebos to see whether believing in these ineffective medications will improve their conditions, according to an article published in the latest issue of the British Medical
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"My concern is that it's biologically plausible that the MMR vaccine causes or contributes to the disease in many children, and that nothing in the science so far dissuades me from the continued need to pursue that question"  The British doctor who sparked a health scare by suggesting a childhood vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella is linked to autism faces a hearing on Monday into charges of professional misconduct during ... via The Sydney Morning Herald
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At the beginning of &quot;Medical Investigation,&quot; we&#39;re given a dramatic piece of information: &quot;The following is inspired by true events.
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As a medical student, Dr. Bruce Psaty angered some professors when he refused to kill and dissect a dog. Fellow students ostracized him when he declined to attend banquets paid for by drug companies.
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A leading medical journal casts doubts on the much-touted health benefits of dark chocolate.
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New evidence is raising questions about the tests used to prescribe the breast cancer drug Herceptin, which was initially seen as a model for tailored medicine.
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Dr. Douglas Kerr painstakingly collected spinal fluid from hundreds of patients with a mysterious disease that can paralyze within hours of attacking - and thinks he may have found a way to fight back...
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The deadliest form of skin cancer cheats chemotherapy by disguising itself as a normal cell, say scientists.
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Two new books Â one about phrenology, the other a biography of a proponent of lobotomy Â examine discredited theories of the brain.
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More than a decade ago, a howl went up about the way new drugs were tested. Virtually all trials were limited to white males, even though some medical differences based on race are widely acknowledged.
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A false belief among young patients that the virus can be cured is fuelling a rise in infections, a specialist says.