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Alternative Medicine
January 3, 2023
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Justin Higginbottom
The “Psychonauts” Training to Explore Another Dimension
Meet the Americans who are exploring new frontiers in hallucinogenic research through a nascent technology known as extended-state DMT.
April 6, 2018
Sarah Jones
Who’s Afraid of David Hogg?
How an alternative medicine grifter became a leading voice in the online misinformation campaign against the Parkland survivors
May 28, 2015
Dr. Sushrut Jangi
The Nutrition Gap
In America, where the pharmaceutical industry is king, many doctors dismiss nutritional therapies as quack medicine. But many patients disagree, and they're taking matters into their own hands—sometimes to the detriment of their health.
January 21, 2015
Jerry A. Coyne
A Little Girl Died Because Canada Chose Cultural Sensitivity Over Western Medicine
October 20, 2013
Jerome Groopman
The Quackish Cult of Alternative Medicine
Dr. Paul Offit's battle against charlatanism
December 14, 1998
Arnold Relman
A Trip to Stonesville
Andrew Weil, the boom in alternative medicine, and the retreat from science
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