alternative health care

The following seems to be becoming a 'thing' so I thought I might start a thread. Both quotes come from the same article: http://www.pressherald.com/2014/10/17/fearing-ebola-strong-elementary-teacher-on-leave-after-traveling-to-dallas/ I found it though this blog post, the blogger is 'right...

My wife has health problems and the source of those has not been found yet. She has undergone a number of tests, but no conclusion yet. At this stage, some of her friends are starting to suggest "healing therapists" and such. Of course they have themselves had great success with these methods...

I took a look at this thread about salt lamps... http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=161585 but I have a particular issue with salt caves that was only briefly mentioned. Our local skeptics group just had an exchange with the person who brought a new Himalayan salt...

I'm in surgical technology school right now. Most of what I'm learning has a hard scientific base, germ theory, asepsis, drug effects etc. But while reading through one of my texts, Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery( a long time standard in the field), what do I find tucked away in...

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/02/01/news/nation/16_50_531_31_06.txt I noticed this in the paper this morning. The "Doctor" involved is a real "woo" and Bennett nails him for what he is. I don't have much comment, save for a sad feeling that she was there out of desperation and that it...