Trick or Treatment The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine [Paperback]

Whether you are an ardent believer in alternative medicine, a skeptic, or are simply baffled by the range of services and opinions, this groundbreaking analysis lays to rest doubts and contradictions with authority, integrity, and clarity. Over thirty of the most popular treatmentsincluding acupuncture, homeopathy, aromatherapy, reflexology, chiropractic, and herbal medicinesare examined for their benefits and potential dangers. What works and what doesnt? Who can you trust, and who is ripping you off? In its scrutiny of alternative and complementary cures, this book also strives to reassert the primacy of the scientific method as a means for determining public health practice and policy.Entertaining as well as informative. . . . The examination of evidence is comprehensive, forensic, and for champions of these therapies, damning.Physicians should recommend the book to their patients, and it will help health practitioners provide patients with sound advice.For anyone who has ever wondered about the scientific evidence for the effectiveness of . . . alternative therapies.Susan Okie,