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...the best wisdom that our team of veteran health journalists and Harvard's experts have to offer." Unfortunately, the best wisdom they offer is packaged with propaganda promoting false notions about so-called complementary and alternative medicine (sCAM). Here are some of the problems with Newsweek's reporting:
1. The notion of "the science of alternative medicine" falsely implies that meaningful category of healthcare called "alternative medicine" exists and that it is scientifically based. But in common usage, the term "alternative medicine" is a euphemism used by enthusiasts and profiteers to give the appearance of legitimacy to various methods promoted with scientifically implausible, invalidated, or nonvalidated claims.
2. An introduction to the report includes the false generalization that "... `complementary' and `alternative' therapies haven't been the subject of rigorous scientific testing--until now." However, many methods that have been promoted as being "complementary" and "alternative" have been tested rigorously and not been shown to add to health outcomes when combined with proven methods or substitute for proven methods. For example, in rigorous tests, megavitamin C and laetrile have failed as cancer treatments.
3. Geoffrey Cowley, one of Newsweek's reporters, refers to acupuncture as credible. But reviews of clinical studies of acupuncture do not support claims of acupuncture being an effective treatment for a wide variety of conditions. Beneficial effects...
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