The Alt Med Primer, Continued - Page 3
 
 

"Energy" Medicine:
 

Chemistry professor Stephen K. Lower's "AquaScams" page and biochemist Keith McCall's Water Stupidity page deal with fanciful entities referred to as clustered- and/or structure-altered water (SAW), also sometimes called "revitalized" or "living" water. These are allegedly the key ingredients of "remedies" marketed as: Angel Water - CellCore Clustered Water - Chrysalis - Crystal Energy®Energy Water - Energy Stimulator - Ellis Water Machine - Flanagan - Grander Water - LivingWater - Maret - MicroCluster - Microhydrin® - Penta Water - Prill Water - Wheeler Water - Willard Water - Zanier Water. McCall's page also deals with "Vitamin O" (plain salt water sold for $10-$20/ounce)

The Effectiveness of Magnet Therapy for Treatment of Wrist Pain Attributed to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. North American Primary Care Research Group, December 2001. Aspy, Cheryl B, Carter, Richard; Hall, Thomas; Mold, James W

Suit filed against Florsheim, manufacturer of Magneforce Shoes, August 9, 2000

Bipolar Permanent Magnets for the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study, Edward A. Collacott, MD, et al. JAMA, Vol. 283 No. 10, March 8, 2000. (Unfortunately, this article is no longer available on-line to JAMA non-subscribers, but copies may be ordered, for a fee, from the JAMA document delivery service.)

Bioenergetic Fields, Victor Stenger, The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine, Spring 1999

Therapeutic Touch Fails to Detect "Human Energy Fields" Further professional use of therapeutic touch is unjustified, JAMA, April 1, 1998. (Unfortunately, this article is no longer available on-line to JAMA non-subscribers, but copies may be ordered, for a fee, from the JAMA document delivery service.)

The Energy Fields of Life, Victor Stenger, Skeptical Briefs, July 1998

Therapeutic Touch: What Could Be the Harm? Dnal P. O'Mathuna, SRAM,Spring 1998

Quantum Metaphysics, Victor Stenger, SRAM, Fall 1997

Quantum Quackery,Victor Stenger, Skeptical Inquirer, January 1997

HCRC FAQ Sheet: Therapeutic Touch

Therapeutic Touch (Putting Their Hands In Our Wallets), Tony Matthews

Magnetic and Electromagnetic Therapy in Horses, Dave Ramey
 

Other Pertinent Online Articles:
 

The Promise of Vaccines, The Science and the Controversy, David R. Smith, MD, The Ameircan Council on Science and Health, September 2001. (Requires Acrobat Reader to access. To download a free copy of Acrobat Reader, click here.)

Delusions of Intestinal Parasitosis, Elizabeth B. Ford, MD, David P. Calfee, MD, Richard D. Pearson, MD, South Med J 94(5):545-547, May, 2001. (This article may be of particular interest to those examining the medical claims of "Naturopathic Doctor" Hulda Regehr Clark, author of "The Cure For All Cancers," and other similarly titled volumes.)

Popular Heart Remedy Debunked: Chelation Therapy Found Useless in First Rigorous Study, MSNBC News Health, March 21, 2001

Cerebral Palsy Treatment [Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy] Doubted. Emma Ross, Associated Press, February 23, 2001

What would happen if we stopped vaccinations, CDC, March 28,2000.

Pharmacotherapy for Low Back Pain, by the editors at Medscape Pharmacology, from Medscape Pharmacology, 2000.

Medical Errors: An Exposé of the Problem, by Laurie L. Briceland, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP, from Medscape Pharmacists, 2000.

Impact of Vaccines Universally Recommended for Children. CDC, Division of Media Relations April 2, 1999

The "Persecuted" Doctor, by Stephen Barrett, from "The Health Robbers," 1993, Prometheus books

Anti-immunisation scare: the inconvenient facts, Stephen Basser, Austrailian Skeptics

New Journal Defends Scientific Medicine, Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine

Oral Joint Supplements, Dave Ramey
 

For abstracts dealing with specific "alternative and complementary" therapies, see:
 

Acupuncture Abstract Page

Herbal Abstract Page

Homeopathy Abstract Page

Chirobase and Quackwatch