Quackwatch, provided by Dr. Stephen Barrett with the aid of a 127 member advisory board consisting of doctors, dentists, pharmacists, veterinarians, and professors, among others, has the simple purpose of combat[ing] health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies." It does this through a series of articles, some brief, some detailed, and some book length, dealing with topics from Ayurvedic Mumbo-Jumbo to Chinese Medicine to Vitamin C. The articles are informative, opinionated, and entertaining. They are sure to help devotees of Western Medicine rest easy and infuriate devotees of Alternative Medicine.
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